from Western Australia. 133 



^vings, their coverts, and tlie tail are uniform brown ; the bill 

 and feet black. 



Specimens E and F. — Both about the sarae age and just 

 out of the nest in localities three hundred miles apart. 

 The characteristic white marks upon the wings and tail that 

 distinguish this species aie clearly shown. The greater part 

 of each contour-feather and wing-covert is marked longi- 

 tudinally with white in E and light rufous brown in F ; the 

 breast is blotched with white upon black and partly upon 

 brown in F, while light rufous takes the place of white in E. 

 The birds thus present a much streaked and blotched appear- 

 ance. E has a black iiis, the upper and lower surfaces of the 

 bill blackish with the lateral parts dull yellowish. It is notice- 

 able as regards F (kindly furnished by Mr. L. D. Cameron) 

 that the main white parts of the wings and tail in the adult 

 are also white in this skin, but all the other parts, such as 

 the edging to the quills and scapulars, which should be white, 

 are light rufous brown. 



I observe, in the limited number of skins at my disposal, 

 that, of the male birds collected in Victoria during September 

 and in West Australia during October, the former are much 

 blacker and have reflecting surfaces. 



In the development of the male of this species there are 

 three stages of plumage that are quite dissimilar : — 1. The 

 streaked phase; 2. The greyish-brown and white; 3. The 

 deep black and white ■^. 



12. PsEUDOGERYGONE cuLicivoRA. Western Fly-eater. 

 (Hairs Key, p. 14.) 



One adult skin obtained 27.9.99. Denmark River. 



High up in the tall Karri-timber you may expect to find 



* Since writing these notes, I find that my collection furnishes the inter- 

 mediate stage required. Locality Kewell, Vic. S juv. (skin), Oct. 1890, 

 obtained by Mr. Joseph A. Hill. All the upper surface is brownish 

 grey, except for a few black feathers coming on the interscapulium and 

 upper tail-coverts, Avhich indicate a moult for the next stage ; throat and 

 chest brownish ; rest of under surface white ; tail-feathers brown. It is 

 noticeable that while the youoger stiiges E and F exhibit bhick tails 

 similar to those of the adult, this phase and the more developed speci- 

 men D have tails tliat are for the most part brown. 



