182 Mr. R. TIall on Birds 



I find that they arc more briglitly coloured and tliat two 

 ore considerably larger, while the third has practically the 

 same measurements of bill and wings. 



The western skins shew : — 



A and B. Total length 5-85 inches, wing 3*15, culmen 

 G-52. 



C. Total length 5*25 inches, wing 2*9, culmen 0*15. 



My observations on this form were made in the Karri 

 forest country that lies some fifty miles in from All);iny and 

 has only recently been opened up by a timber company. To 

 what extent this will affect the bird T cannot well say. 



There is a specimen of the nest of this species in the 

 Perth Museum which has the peculiarity of being much 

 like that of the Kobin, Petrceca phcanicea. Those of the 

 Melithrepti are not generally loosely constructed and placed 

 between three strong prongs. However, this does not seem 

 more wonderful than that the w estcrn Spine-bill should build 

 an abnormal type of nest in a similar position near Albany. 



35. Glycypiiila oculakis. Brown Honey-cater. (Hall's 

 Key, p. 40.) 



A. Ad. S- Geraldton. 27.10.99. Total length 525 

 inches, wing 2"64, tarsus 0*65, tail 2'25. 



B. Ad. ? . Geraldton. 14..10.99. Total length 5-35 

 inches, wing 2'63, tarsus 0*65, tail 2 25. 



C. Young. Geraldton. 27.10.99. Total length 35 

 inches, wing 1*85, tarsus 0'G5, tail 0'9. 



Description of an iinmature bird (being fed among the 

 foliage by the parents; tliis is the young of A). — The 

 abdomen and breast are faint yellow. A large area behind 

 and below each eye and continued under the lores is bare, 

 but the series of peculiar feathers that afterwards make this 

 species conspicuous are represented by spots which appear 

 to be beneath the skin. Although the rectrices e.\tend from 

 their sheaths only to a length of 0*6 inch, there is a clear 

 flush of green upon them, particularly on the ventral 

 surface, in contradistinction to their state in the adult^ which 

 shews the green wash more clearly on the dorsal surface 



