Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 653 



and western districts and extends as far soutli as Beverley. — 

 G. C. S.] 



ZoN^GiNTHUs ocuLATus Quoy & Gaim. 

 Zonaginthus oculatus Math. p. 101. 



a. cJ . King River, 1st Dec. 



b. Ad. Cliockerup, 28tli Jan. 



c. d. ? et imm. Oyster Harbour, 2nd March. 

 e,f. c? ? . Margaret River, 18th Feb. 



Iris dark brown ; eyelid lilac ; bill reddish-crimson, with 

 a narrow line o£ lilac at the base of the upper mandible ; 

 legs of a light brownish-slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 4'75-5*0 inches. 



[The Red-eared Finch was gregarious and fairly plentiful 

 in the extreme south-west, but it did not extend inland. — 

 G. C. S.] 



Anthus australis (Vig. Sr Horsf.). 



Anthus australis Math. p. 100. 



a-d. S ? • King River, 8th-23rd Dec. 



e. Ad. Pelican Point, 11th April. 



/. S • Crookerdine Lake, 24th July. 



y. (^ . Kurrawang, 2nd-19th Sept. 



h. (S . Dale River, 16th Dec. 



i, k. cJ ? . Bernier Island, 23rd June-3rd July. 



I. ^ imm. Clifton Downs, 9th Oct. 



Iris hazel; upper mandible dark brown, lower mandible 

 of a flesh-colour, brown at the tip ; legs of a brownish flesh- 

 colour. 



[The Australian Pipit was very plentiful and widely 

 distributed.— G. C. S.] 



ACANTHOGENYS RUFIGULARIS (Gould). 



Acanthogenys rufigularis Math. p. 99. 

 a-h. S ? • Crookerdine Lake, 17th-26th July. 

 i. ^ . Parker's Range, 14th Aug. 

 k. ? . Kurrawang, 9th Sept. 

 /. (J imm. Laverton, 16th Oct. 



Iris pale blue, naked skin on the face and basal half of the 

 bill pale pink. 



