66 CAMrF.P:LL, .Vm- Suh-sf^ecies of Tit-U'orhlcrs. Ti^f fjy" 



tal spot and above eye white; upper tail coverts strontian yellow; 

 base of tail lijrht with outer webs yellow; tail mostly black with 

 distinct white edging to inner webs near tips also on outer web ; 

 throat and abdomen white; breast chamois; flanks washed with yellow; 

 under tail coverts and axillaries primro^se yellow; eyes white; bill 

 and legs black. Length, 3.7 in.; bill, 0.35 in.; wing, 2.2 in.; tail, 1.6 

 in.; tarsus, 0.7 in. 



Type male (82) in the collection of Edwin Ashby, Esq., Adelaide, 

 S.A., taken at Watheroo, near Moora, West Australia, 5/11/1920. 

 Another specimen in the same collection has a larger bill, .4 in. 



This represents the coastal and darker race in W.A. as distinct 

 from G. c .pallidiis (see Emu, vol. iii., p. 111). 



Oeobasileus chrysorrhous mallee. Sub. sp. nov. 



Upper surface olive tinged with citrine especially on rump; crown 

 fuscous faintly edged with grey; forehead black, a few feathers 

 tipped white; frontal spot small and over eye white; upper tail 

 coverts strontian yellow; base of tail light with outer webs yellow; 

 tail mostly black with tips whitish; throat white; breast and axilla- 

 ries cream buff"; flanks dark olive buff; under- tail coverts cream 

 buff; bill and legs black; eyes brown, tinged cream. Length, 4.0 in.; 

 bill, .32 in.; wing, 2.3 in.; tail, 1.5 in.; tarsus, 7.5 in. 



Type male (131) in "H. L. White Collection," Nat. Mus., Melbourne, 

 taken at Kow Plains, N.W. Victoria, 7/9/1912. Two other specimens, 

 both males, from the same locality are similar. 



This represents a smaller and darker race found in the Mallee 

 region, where it is not plentiful. The Mallee is of tertiary age, and 

 in a dry belt geographically distinct from the Victorian and South 

 Australian higher land, where its nearest congeners are found. 



Correspondence 



To the Editors of "The Emu." 



Sirs, — In vol. xxi., i)age 187, in Mr. Whitlock's notes, he says, 

 "I find no mention of the name 'Nullarbor,' " etc. 



Now in 1878 I was attached to a railway survey party in 

 Northern (Queensland — Townsville-Charters Towers survey — 

 and Mr. E. Delisser, the surveyor in charjj^e told me that he had 

 been out west of Port Auj^usta iookiuii; up country for the South 

 AustraHan Government some years i)reviously. He described 

 the }^Meat j)Iain, and as there was not a tree to be seen, he named 

 it "Nullarbor," from the Latin words luiUa and arbor (no tree). 

 Mr. Delisser also told me he discovered the water at Fowler's 

 Bay, and called the place "Eucla," as the blacks when questioned 

 about water used to point west and say "Eucla." — Yours, etc., 



H. W. FORD. 



9 Freeman Street, N. Fitzroy, Victoria, 26/1/22. 



