6o Campbell, Additions /o " H. L. White Collection." [i^f'^oct 



[2/12/19. — Broad-billed Flycatcher seen, the first noted. 

 16/12/19.. — Saw this Flycatcher feeding a fully-fledged young one.] 

 *Myiagra concinna, Gould. Blue Flycatcher. 

 Mastersornis riibeciilns concinniis. 



Two ^S, 3 ??■ A good series of a pretty and interesting 

 species. As the late Mr. A. J. North has pointed out (" Nests 

 and Eggs of Birds," i., p. 145), Dr. Bowdler Sharpe considered 

 concinna to be really a distinct species, but on totally different 

 grounds from those given by Gould. Dr. Sharpe states : — " The 

 chief difference in the male birds is the presence of the black 

 frontal line and black lores of M. concinna," compared with 

 southern examples of M. nihecula {i.e., M. plumbea). However, 

 North states, " by picking out the extremes of a large series from 

 all parts of Australia, one could easily distinguish a smaller 

 northern race, but not a distinct species." 



[17/11/19.— Pair of Blue Flycatchers busy building 25 feet 

 from the ground on a small dead hmb of a blood- wood (eucalypt). 

 The male visited the nest once, the female five times, in 10 minutes. 

 1/12/19. — Nest of the Blue Flycatcher noted on the 17th ult. 

 was untouched by the recent fire, though the topmost leaves of 

 the tree were well scorched. The male was sitting on a pair of 

 eggs; the female nowhere to be seen. 13/12/19. — Heard the 

 call of Blue Flycatcher. Located the bird as it was flying to its 

 nest, 20 feet from the ground, in a mangrove. Climbed to it and 

 secured three eggs, also the nest. The female returned shortly 

 afterwards. Rather unusual for these birds to build in man- 

 groves.] 



*Piezorhynchus alecto, Temminck. Papuan Shining Flycatcher. 

 P. a. camphelli. 



Two SS, I ?• These shining black Flycatchers are exceedingly 

 puzzUng in colour. In a former article, " Birds from the Gouldian- 

 Gilbert Type-locaHty " {Emu, xviii., p. 183), I stated—" In alecto 

 the male has a bluish-black sheen, as against greenish-black of 

 all the other males." Of the two males collected on Moa Island, 

 one skin, dated 11/11/19, is greenish-black ; the other, dated 

 13/12/19, is more bluish, and was taken when breeding. The 

 female of the former is chestnut-brown, like the females taken on 

 the mainland, and this particular pair resemble Northern 

 Territory birds, and are therefore P. nitidus. The female of alecto 

 is more tawny or cinnamon-rufous. For this and other reasons 

 it would appear as if alecto and nitidus were distinct species, 

 inosculating somewhere about the region of Cape York. 



[13/12/19.— Saw female Shining Flycatcher fly to its nest and 

 relieve the male, which was sitting. Nest fully 40 feet from the 

 ground, in dead limb of tall, thin mangrove. Made an egg-scoop 

 by fixing a .small pill-box to a stick and padding it wdth cotton- 

 wool. Climbed up, and after a bit of jugghng secured the two 

 eggs, and afterwards the limb with the nest attached. Following 

 day again in the mangroves. Saw a pair of Shining Flycatchers 

 seeking a nesting site. The rrtale would choose a position and 



