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We were hoping to get M. elegans (the Red-winged Wren-Warbler), 

 which occurs near Perth. M . elegans seems to be limited to the south- 

 west corner of the Stale. 



Malurus cyanotus. While -winged Wren-Warbler. — Observed at 

 Geraldton and Dongara, and heard of it in the sand-i:)lains at Watheroo. 

 Three species of Mulitrits occur in the low husli on tiu- ))ronionlory 

 on which the town of C'.eraldton is built. 



Artamus cinereus. Grey-breasted Wood-Swallow. — At the Watheroo 

 Observatory many were hawking for insects in the hot sunshine out 

 on the plains. They settled on the higher bushes after each short 

 flight, in a moment or so soaring off again. They were difficult to 

 approach. The fully matured young had the head and back beauti- 

 fully striated. Numerous at Dongara and Moora. but at Moora they 

 were only just beginning to nest. Possibly Moora is a second nesting- 

 place., the first having been much earlier in the sand-plains. 



Colluricincla rufiventris. Buff-bellied Shrike-Thrush. — Common at 

 Geraldton and at Dongara, lint we did not secure any specimens 

 there ; I am sorry for this, as the skin I procui'ed at EUensbrook 

 differs considerablv from a specimen I took in tqoi at Callion, on the 

 gold fields. 



Grallina picata. Magpie-Tark. — A pair at one of the " soaks '- near 

 Watheroo. 



Neositta pileata. Black-capped Tree-runner. — Found on the sand 

 plains at Watheroo. They are slightly lighter in colour than South 

 Australian specimens, and have considerably less white on the head 

 and under side than is the case with a skin from Lake Austin, W.A., 

 that is labelled A'^. ienuirostris (Slender-billed Tree-runner) ; but age 

 might account for the difference. There is no material difference in 

 the bills. 



Climacteris rufa. Rufous Tree-creeper. — Not seen, but Mr. Orton 

 pointed out some scrul) where the}^ still are. The ringing and destruc- 

 tion of the timber, with the assistance of cats, are fast clearing, them 

 out of the district. 



Zosterops gouldi. Green-backed White-eye. — Almost the countcr- 

 ]iart of the handsome Yellow-throated species common in the 

 tropical brush on the Northern Rivers, New South Wales, and which 

 I have always identified as Z. ramsayi. except that the eastern bird 

 has a grey back and the western one a green back. I think Z. ramsayi 

 should not be omitted from the " Check-list." The birds at Geraldton 

 are smaller and brighter in tint than birds observed at Perth. 



Pardalotus striatus. Red-tipped Pardalote. — Common at Clare- 

 mont and Watheroo. 



Acanthorhynchus superciliosus. White-browed Spinebill. — Common 

 at Clarcmont. 



Glyciphila fulvifrons. Tawny-crowned Honey-eater. — Common on 

 the sand-plains. I believe G. albifrons was there as well. 



Stigmatops ocularis. Brown Honey-eater. — This little songster 

 was common at Claremont, also at the " soaks '-' at Watheroo and 

 at Dongara and Geraldton. The song of this diminutive songster 

 made a great appeal to us. More than once we thought that its song 

 strikinglv resembled that of the Reed-Warbler. I think it easily the 



