654 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 



The specimen from Laverton, which appears to be 

 immature, has the spiny feathers below the ear short, 

 provided with yellow vanes, forming a yellow patch. 



[The Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater was plentiful in the 

 central districts. This is the " Water-bird " of the Colonists, 

 and is said to be seldom found far from a water-hole. It is 

 gregarious in its habits. — G. C. S.'\ 



Anellobia lunulata (Gould). 



Anellobia lunulata Math. p. 99. 



a-c. (J ? et juv. King River, 9th-23rd Dec. 



d, e. ? et juv. Near Albany, 23rd & 24th March. 



/. ? imra. Big Grove, 1st May. 



Iris crimson ; bill black ; legs of a pinkish-slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 11'25-13'0 inches. 



[The Lunulated Wattle-bird is often gregarious, and was 

 plentiful in the coastal districts of the south-west. It often 

 frequented Banksia thickets. — G. C. S.~\ 



Acanthoch.*:ra carunculata (Lath.). 



Acantliochara carunculata Math. p. 98. 



a-d. ($ . Arthur River, 17th Juue-lst July. 



e,f. S ? • Parker's Range, 9th-llth Aug. 



g. ? . Kurrawang, 5th Sept. 



Iris varying from reddish-brown to dull crimson ; wattles 

 deep pink; bill black; legs brownish-pink. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 13-15 inches. 



[The W^attled Honey -eater was fairly plentiful and is 

 more or less gregarious in its habits. It is rare in the coastal 

 district of the extreme south-west, where its place is taken 

 by Anellobia lunulata. — G. C. S-l 



Myzantha flavigula Gould. 



Myzantha jiavigula Math. p. 98. 



a-i. $ ? . Kurrawang, 3rd Sept.-3rd Oct. 



k. $ . Laverton, 26th Oct. 



/. (J • Carnarvon, 25th Aug. 



m. $ . Clifton Downs, 13th Oct. 



Iris dark brown; naked skin round the orbit and on the 

 throat canary-yellow ; bill dark ochre-yellow ; legs brownish- 

 yellow. 



