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Oreoica cristata. Crested Bell-Bird. — The ventriloquizing notes of 

 the Bcll-Bird were seldom out of hearing during my stay at the 

 Observatory station near Watheroo. 



Pachycephala ruflventris. Rufous-breasted Whistler. — This fine 

 song-bird filled the woods around Claremont with melody, and I 

 listened to its splendid efforts at Watheroo. One cannot help making 

 comparisons between the song of P. occiiientalis .Western Yellow- 

 breasted Whistler), so numerous at Ellensbrook, and the Rufous- 

 breasted species. While both have some notes as full and as 

 melodious as tho.se of the European Nightingale, the Rvifous-V^reasted 

 Whistler certainly takes the prize. 



Rhipidura preissi. Western Fantail. — Found at Claremont. 



Rhipidura motacilloides. Black-and-White Fantail.— Noted every- 

 where . 



Graucalus melanops. Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike. — Noted in most 

 places visited. 



Campephaga humeralis. White-shouldered Caterpillar-cater. — 

 Fairlv niimerous on the sand-plains near Watheroo. 



Hylacola cauta. Rufous-rumped Ground- Wren. — The identification 

 ol this bird at Dongara is uncertain. I had one glimpse of the rich 

 chestnut rump so characteristic of this species as it disappeared into 

 a dense bush, but I was unable to rouse it into view again. We 

 certainly identified it at Kalgoorlie. 



Pomatostomus superciliosus. White-browed Babbler. — Noted at 

 Geraldton. 



Acanthiza inornata. Western Tit-Warbler. — I noted this incon- 

 spicuous little bird at Claremont. 



Geobasileus chrysorrhous. Yellow-tailed Tit-Warbler. — Noted at 

 Claremont and Moora. Specimens obtained at Watheroo. in the sand- 

 plains, in the scrub around a " soak," proved on examination to be 

 decidedly smaller and less spotted on the crown of the head than 

 those observed farther south. 



Acanthiza uropygialis. Chestnut-rumped Tit-W'arbler. — Noted near 

 the railway at Watheroo. 



A. apicalis. Broad-tailed Tit-Warbler. — Numerous at Claremont. 

 Although the examination of a cabinet specimen might lead one to 

 treat this bird as a sub-species of A. pusilla fthe Brown Tit-Warbler), 

 the observation of its habits in the bush inclines me to give it full 

 specific rank. Its notes are quite distinct from those o* A. pusilla ; its 

 tail is decidedly longer ; it carries its tail distinctly elevated — not 

 erect or even at an angle of ^5°, but still with a distinct elevation, 

 so different from A. pusilla. In the specimen examined the eye was 

 yellow, with a tinge of orange, and not decidedly red, as in A. pusilla. 



Sericornis maculata. Spotted Scrub-Wren. — Numerous in coastal 

 scrub at Geraldton and Dongara. 



Malurus splendens. Banded Wren-Warbler. — Numerous and tame at 

 Claremont. It no doubt occurs in low scrub at Geraldton. as it was 

 described to us by local residents. 



Malurus assimilis. Purple-backed Wren-Warbler. — A female taken 

 at Dongara in coastal bush ; Mr. Mellor obtained a male at Geraldton. 



