]36 Mr. R. Hall o/i Birds 



The tendency of the suhterniinal bhick band in this 

 species is to be as strongly marked on the outer web as 

 on the inner; while in A. jyusilla, which bears a strong like- 

 ness to it, the tendency is for the inner web alone to be 

 banded with black. The inner web of each rectrix is 

 more or less tipped with white in the males and females of 

 this form. 



Along the partially cleared river-tracts, due to the work of 

 saw-millers, this little bird is always obtainable (luring the 

 aforesaid months of the year. From one nest I extracted 

 a young Cuckoo {Caculus flubeUiforniis) , almost fledged, and 

 a (pathetic lamentation was set up by the foster-parents. 

 Taking the nest from among the Melaleuca branches, I placed 

 it at the base of the tree, when the little Tits appioached very 

 closely and became quite excited. A and B indicate these 

 birds, while the " parasite " is elsewhere referred to. 



19. AcANTiiizA CHRYSORRHOA. Ycllow-rumpcd Tit. (HalFs 

 Key, p. 25.) 



Two adult skins obtained on September 27th and 28th, 

 twenty miles apart (Denmark and Tor Bay), have a deeper 

 coloured plumage than my eastern skins, and also a portion of 

 the barb of each feather of the occiput striped with black. 

 A comparison with more specimens is necessary to decide the 

 value of the observatious. At Katanning (5.10.99) I observed 

 a rather peculiar nest. It had two entrances to the lower 

 chamber near each other. The unroofed apartment above was 

 higher than usual. In a proteaceous tree close by were the 

 remains of last year's nest built upon the same principle. I 

 secured fresh eggs near Albany on Sept. 29thj at Katanning 

 on Oct, 5th, and at Geraldton on Oct. 28th. 



20. Sericornis MACULATA. Spotted Scrub-Wrcu. (HalFs 

 Key, p. 26.) 



A. Advanced nestling. 13.10.99. Geraldton. 



B, C. Juv. sks. 6.10.99, Katanning. 



D. Sk. ad. c?.^ , 



° j 13.10.99. Geialdton. 



E. Sk. ad. ? 



