Vol. VII. 



11)07 



1 H.\i.L, Birds from Townseud Hirer, AMI'. Australia . 27 



Myzo.MELA KRYTHR(JCEril.\LA (Gould), Red-headed Honey- 

 eater. 

 a, b, c. Adult males, 25/8/02. d. Immature male, 25/8/02. 

 d. Chin, forehead, and cheeks faintly marked with red ; upper 

 tail coverts earthy-brown, with one red feather only ; upper 

 surface greyish. 



Cracticus PICATUS (sub-sp.), (Gould), Pied Butcher-Bird. 



Immature male, 27/8/02. General appearance earthen-grey 

 and dull white. 



Graucalus iiypoleucus (Gould), White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike. 

 a. Adult male, 2/8/02. b. c. Adult females, 6/8, 12/8/02. The 

 lores in b and c are greyish-black, dense black in a ; throat pale 

 grey. Beyond this, the remaining under surface in a, b, and c is 

 pure white ; flanks in all pure white. 



Alcyone PULCHRA (Gould), Purple Kingfisher. 



Adult female, 29/8/02. Colour very intense. Centre of 

 breast rufous, like chest and abdomen. 



PaCHYCEPHALA MELANURA (Gould), Black-tailed Thickhead. 

 a, b. Adult males, 26/8/02. c. Adult female, 26/8/02. 



BURHINUS grallarius (Latham), Stone-Plover. 



Male, 14 '8/02. 

 Philemon ARGENTICEPS (Gould), Silvery-crowned Friar-Bird. 



Two adult males, 5/8, 12/8/02. 

 Malurus ASSIMILIS (North), Purple-backed Wren. 



Adult male, 26/8/02. 



Glycyphila fasciata (Gould), White-breasted Honey-eater. 

 Throat, sides efface, and forehead flushed with pale green. 



Rhipidura phasiana (De Vis), Pheasant Fantail. 

 Adult male, 27/8/02. 



Rhipidura seto.SA (ISURa), (Gould), Northern Fantail. 



[See Novit. ZooL, vi., p. 425 (1899).] Adult male and female, 

 1/9/02. Primary wing coverts edged with white in male, almost 

 imperceptibly so in female. 



Myl\gra rubecula (Latham), Leaden Fly-catcher. 



Adult male and female, 5/8, 12/8/02. 

 Stiltia ISABELLA (Vieillot), Pratincole. 



Immature male, 25/5/02. 

 CUCULU.S PALLIDUS (Latham), Pallid Cuckoo. 



Immature skin, 11/5/02. 



