1^2 Royal Australasian Ovnithologists' Union. [..^"fan. 



Nycticorax caledonicus. Nankeen Night-Heron. — Saw several on 

 swampy ground on the Perth side of Watheroo. 



Anas superciliosa. Australian Black Duck. — Swamp at Moora. 

 Nettium gibberifrons. Grej' Teal. — A few on swamp at Moora. 

 Phalacrocorax gouldi. White-breasted Cormorant. — Fishing at 

 mouth (jl the Dongai-a I^iver. 



Hieracidea berigora. Brown Hawk. — A bird obtained at EUensbrook 

 was much smaller than any specimen I have seen in the East. Com- 

 mon at all places visited. 



Cerchneis cenchroides. Nankeen Kestrel. — Seen at Watheroo and 

 Dongara. A pair was feeding four almost fledged young in the roof 

 of one of the barns, close to the jetty ; I saw the parent bird bring a 

 small snake in its talons. The plumage of these parent birds was 

 different from any observed by me before. Possibly it was Mr. 

 Milligan's species nnicotor. As the birds had young, I did not kill 

 a specimen to make sure. 



Calyptorhynchus baudini. White-tailed Cockatoo. — Flocks at 

 Watheroo and Moora. At the latter place 'Sir. Orton showed us their 

 nesting-holes in fairly tall salmon gums near his homestead. 



Cacatua roseicapilla. Cialah. — A pair of these handsome Cockatoos 

 had taken up their residence in the small clump of trees at the soak 

 near the Watheroo Observatory. 



Barnardius, zonarius and B. occidentalis. The Yellow-banded 

 Parrot and the Northern Yellow-banded Parrot. — It was interesting 

 to find that the Parrot known as the " Twenty-eight " (the vernacular 

 name of B. semitorquatus, the common ' Ring-neck " of tlie Busselton 

 to Leeuwin district) at Watheroo to Geraldton — in fact, from Moora 

 northwards — was a variant of our familiar South Australian Parrot, 

 more often called "The Port Lincoln Parrot." In our opinion, B. 

 semitorquatus is a good species ; its long tail, general coloration, and 

 red frontal band distinguish it from all the variants of zonarius. There 

 seem to be two distinct forms of B. semitorquatus. All we saw at 

 Yallingup and EUensbrook were entirely green on the under side, 

 but I collected several at Eticup in igrM which have the lower half 

 of the abdomen bright yellow. These Watheroo and Moora birds 

 have no red frontal band, have the yellow abdomen and a decidedly 

 shorter tail than B. semitorquatus, though it is certainly longer than 

 that of the typical B. zonarius, and also the shade of colour is distinct. 

 It may be that the specimens are North's sub-species occidentalis or 

 a transition stage thereof. Mr. Orton told us that B. semitorquatus 

 and the Red-capped Parrot or King Parrot, both observed at EUens- 

 brook, in the south, follow a narrow belt of red gums between Moora 

 and the coast. Most likely Moora is their northern limit. I did not 

 hear of either in the neighbourhood of Watheroo. 



Psephotus multicolor. Many-coloured Parrot. — A pair in splendid 

 plumage on one of the soaks near Watheroo Observatory. Except 

 for a slightly deeper shade of colour, thev cannot be distinguished 

 from South Australian specimens. 



I did not see anv specimens of the Western Grovmd-Parrot 

 rPezoporus flaviventris , but I got such an accurate description of it. 

 l)olli its appearance, liabils, and flight, that there is not the slightest 

 doubt in mv mind tlial j; vears ago it was scattered ireelv through 



