Colleciion of Birds from JVostern Austrnlin. 655 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 9*5-10"5 inches. 



[The Yellow-throated Miner takes the place of M. obscura 

 in the central and western divisions. It was very abundant 

 on the Gascoyne River. — G. C. <S.] 



The above-mentioned series clearly belongs to the smaller 

 M. fiav'igula and not to M. lutea; the wing in the male 

 measures 4*8-5 inches, and in the female from 4"65-4"7. 



Myzantha obscura Gould. 



Myzantha obscura Math. p. 98. 



a-d. S ? • Arthur River, 21st-30th June. 



Iris dark brown ; naked skin round the eye bright canary- 

 yellow ; bill yellow ; legs dull yellow, brownish above. 



Total length, measured in the flesh : — male, 10*5 inches ; 

 female, 9'75-10'0 inches. 



[The Sombre Miner is gregarious in its habits and 

 frequents the forest-districts of the south-west. It was not 

 observed so far south as Albany. — G. C. ^.] 



Meliornis longirostris (Gould). 



Meliornis longirostris Math. p. 98. 



a-c. (J. King River, 7th-17th Dec. 



d. Ad. Lower King River, 5th March. 



e-i. S et juv. Big Grove, 22nd March-30th April. 



Iris white; bill black ; legs blackish-brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 7'0-7'5 inches. 



[The Long-billed Honey-eater was very abundant in the 

 coastal districts of the south-west. It was observed as far 

 inland as Beverley, but was not common there. — G. C. -S.] 



Ptilotis carteri Campbell. 



Ptilotis carteri Milligan, Emu, iii. p. 248, ph xvi. ftg. 1 

 (1904) ; Math. p. 97. 



a-e. S ? • Carnarvon, 2nd-25th Aug. 



f-h. S ? • Clifton Downs, 4th-llth Oct.- 



Iris dark brown ; bill black, gape and nostrils occasionally 

 yellowish ; legs of a flesh-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh : — male, 6*5-7*0 inches ; 

 female, 625-6*5 inches. 



