Vo|. ^^j Royal Ausiralasian Ornithologists' Union. 149 



176 and 177. Riifous-lronted Flycatcher {Muscicapa ritfi/rons, 

 Lath.) — These arc the tyi)es of a familiar Flycatcher {Rhipidura 

 riipfro)is^. Watling remarks: — "This bird is of very sfiorl flight, 

 and found among brush, rotten wood, and long grass. Native name, 

 ■ Burril.' November." 



187. Orange-rumped Flj'catcher (Muscicapa melanocephala, Lath.) 

 — Type of the brilliant Orange-backed INIalurus or Wren-Warbler. 



196. Streaked Warbler {Sylvia sagittata. Lath.) — The type of the 

 Speckled Warbler {Chthonicola). Watling's note : — " Tliis bird sings 

 remarkably well." 



209. Ciliary Warbler (Zosterops cccntlescens, Lath.) — The well- 

 known White-eye. Watling's note : — " One-half the natural size. 

 This little l^ird is the only one of the kind ever seen. The white 

 round the ciliary process of the eye is composed of the most beautiful 

 sniall white feathers. The pride and vanity of the draughtsman has 

 (have) induced him to put his name to all the drawings, but should you 

 publish them I think the name may be left out."- 



There are furtluT interesting notes on the T,atham-\\'atling 

 types, namely : — 



216 and 217. Two Swifts {Chcptnra caudacuta and Micropus 

 pacipcus). 



220. Frogmouth {Podargus strigoides). 



226. Pallid Cuckoo (described as a Pigeon, Cohimha pallida, Lath.) 



227. Brown Quail {Synoicus australis). 

 238. Pacific Heron {Notophoyx pacipca). 



275 and 277. Two Gulls (Gabianus pacificus and Lams novo!- 

 hollandicr^, &c., &c., 



besides much fascinating and informative liistory of many " long- 

 forgotten feathers," the elucidation of which history the world 

 at large, and particularly Australia, are for ever debtor to that 

 painstaking and conscientious scientist and servant of the British 

 ]\[useum — the late R. Bowdler-Sharpe, F.R.S. 



THE BIRDS OF THE SWAN RIVER DISTRICT, WESTERN 

 AUSTRALIA. 



Bv W. B. Alexander, M.A., R.A.O.U. 

 I. — Introduction. 

 A WRITER in The Ibis recentl}^ remarked that it would be possible 

 to compile a hst of the birds likely to be met with in any locality 

 in the world from existing literature. This is possibly true of 

 other continents, but is certainly far from being true of Australia. 

 An ornithlologist who had never resided in Perth would, I suppose, 

 imagine that all the birds generally described in text-books as 

 found throughout Australia would be met with in course of time, 

 together with tliosc recorded as occurring in South-Wcst Aus- 

 tralia. A list compiled in this way would contain far more 



