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ifv). Butcher-Bird. Ci-dc/iciis /ciicopteyiis Jiulcsles /oiu/tui/iis Icu- 

 iof^/enis . Ivcsidcni. A common species. 



170. White-bellied Shrike-Tit. Falcunculiis leuco'^aster. — Visitor. 

 There is a specimen ol (his species in the W.A. Museum which was 

 obtained at Wanneroo. This is the only record for llie district. 



[A specimen ot tlic Crcsleil Bell-Bird (Oreoica cnstata in tlic 

 British Museum, from tlic (iould Collection, is labelled Perth, but 

 was no doubt obtained inland or further north.] 



171. Black-capped Tree-runner. Neositta {^ileata (N . p. jnleata). — 

 Resident. Common. Usually met with in small parties. 



\j?.. Rufous Tree-creeper. Cliniacteris ritfa (U'l'.it/uc/<(i v., sub-sj). ? . 

 — Resident. rncommon iir the district. thou,t;h fre(|uent in the 

 Darling Ranges to the eastward. 



17 ^ Green-backed White-eye, Zostcrops liouldi. — Resident. N'ery 

 plentiful, especially near the coast, and found also on Rottnest and 

 (iarden Islands and some of the smaller islands further south. 



ijA- Mistletoe-Bird. IJiccPitm htruitdirmceum {Austrodicceitm li.) 

 sub-sp. .->;. — Resident. Not common, but probably often o\erlookcd 

 owing to its habit of keeping high in the trees. 



175. Spotted Pardalote. Pardaloius punclatus {P. p. ivhitlocki).-^ 

 Resident. Not common, but .sometimes the numbers are greatly 

 increased by arri\als of birds, presumably from further inland. 



176. Striated Pardalote. Pardalotus striatus {Pardalotiniis s. westrali- 

 eiisis). — Resident. .\ ])lentiful species throughout the district. 



177. White-naped Honey-eater. Melithreptus chloropsis {M . liiiui/us 

 c/iloropsis .. — Resident. Common in the tuart countrv near the coast. 



178. Brown-headed Honey-eater. Melithreptus leucogeuys (.V. alri- 

 capilliis. sub-sp. ? . — Resident. Uncommon, but met with among 

 the bushes in the more o))en country in the district. 



170- White-browed Spinebill. Acantliorhynchus superciliusus {A. s. 

 saperciliosus . -Resident. \'ery common, especially in the oj)en parts 

 amongst the flowering bushes. 



180. Tawny-crowned Honey-eater, Glyciplnla fn/nfroiis 'Cliciplnla 

 melanops westernensis). — Resident. Uncommon. l)ut met with at 

 times in fairly open country. 



iSi. Brown Honey-eater. Stigmatops ociilatis (S. i. indistincta). — 

 Resident. Common throughout the district, especially in open country. 



i8j. Singing Honey-eater. Ptilotis sonora and P. insnlavis {Meli- 

 pliaga sonoi'd hrooniei and .1/. 5. iiisularis). — -Resident. The most 

 abundant member of the family in the district, being specially plentiful 

 on the coastal hills and the islands off the coast. Birds from Rottnest 

 constitute a distinct sub-species, originally named by Milligan. 



183. Yellow-plumed Honey-eater, Ptilotis ornata {Lichenostomus 0. 

 ornatus). — Resident. Plentiful in the tuart belt, chiefly frequenting 

 the toi)s of the tall tuart trees. 



184. Gold-winged Honey-eater. Mflioyiiis longivustris (M. nova-'- 

 hollandicr lougirostris .. — Resident. Common, es])ecially amongst the 

 l^ushes «n the coastal hills. 



185. Moustached Honey-eater. Melionm iiiystcualis ^M . uigey, 



