from Western Australia. 185 



basal two-thirds of lower mandible flesh-coloured. Culmen 

 07 inch. In other respects similar to the adult, 



40. Manorhina flavigula. Yellow -throated Minali. 

 (HalFs Key, p. 44.) 



To identify three clutches of eggs found on Oct. 4th, an 

 adult specimen was shot. Length of wing4"95 inches. One 

 nest was placed in a Hakea some five feet from the gronnd 

 and another in a Eucalypt twenty feet high. The fabric has 

 the same appearance as an eastern example, being 3"5 inches 

 in external diameter^ 2*5 in internal diameter, and 2 deep 

 (cavity). 



41. AcanthochtEra carunculata. Red- wattle Bird. 

 (Hairs Key, p. 44.) 



Sk. ad. ? . 4.10.99. Katanning. 



A nest with two fresh eggs contained also one of Cuculus 

 pallidus (Oct. 4th) . Outwardly the structure was assimilated 

 in appearance to the supporting tree, being made of acacia 

 (" jam ") twigs. The middle layer was of grass and the 

 lining of sheep's wool, particularly thick at the bottom. 

 External diameter 6 inches, internal diameter 3, depth of 

 bowl 1*5. 



42. Pardalotus ornatus. Striated Pardalote. (Hall's 

 Key, p. 46.) 



One ad. sk. 4.10.99. Katanning. (Yellow specula.) 

 I secured a specimen of a Pardalote to determine the 

 species and concluded that it was P. affinis. Upon re-exami- 

 nation at home I was very much surprised to find the wings 

 marked with white as in P. ornatus, while the bold specula 

 ■were yellow. This constituted a phase not hitherto recorded, 

 as P. ornatus is only known to assume the scarlet tipping. 

 If the subspecies P. assimilis is allowed to have so wide a 

 range in the colouring of the speculum as scarlet, crimson, 

 orange, or yellow, the same may be the case here. I feel 

 disposed to consider it merely a matter of time to discover that 

 birds with the scarlet and lemon specula exist in one or more 

 areas of the continent; and then the species will be placed on 

 the same footing as the subspecies as regards the speculum. 



