Collection of Birds from JVestern Australia. Q>G7 



[The Crested Wedge-bill was plentiful on the Gascoync 

 River. It closely resembles the Crested Bell-bird (^Oreoica 

 cristata) in its movements, habits, and general appearance. 

 It is rather a shy bird and generally frequents scrubby 

 thickets. Its notes are very striking and have a peculiarly 

 metallic sound. — G. C. S.] 



Xerophila CASTANEivENTurs Milllgan. 



Xeruphila castaneiventris Milligan, Emu, iv. p. 185, pi. xiii, 

 fig. 1 (1905). 



Aphelocephala castaneiventris Math. p. 87. 



a-e. ^ ? . Crookcrdine Lake, 17th-25th July. 

 f-h. ? et imm. Kurrawang, 7th & 8th Sept. 



i. ? . Laverton, 15th Oct. 



k-n. S ? • Clifton Downs, 9th-15th Oct. 



Iris pale buff, light bluish-grey in the young ; bill and 

 feet black. 



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



[The Chestnut-bellied Whiteface was plentiful in the 

 central divisions, where it might often be seen going about in 

 small flocks in company with the Chestnut-rumped Thorn- 

 bill (Acanthiza uropyyialis) and the Redthroat {Sericornis 

 brunnea). It was fairly numerous as far north as the 

 Gascoyne River. — G. C. S.I 



EopsALTRiA GULARis (Quoy & Gaimard). 



EopsaJtria gularis Math. p. 86. 



a-e. c? ? et imm. King River, 12th-2Gth Dec. 



f-h. S ' Parker's Range, 9th-16th Aug. 



i-k. c?. Dale River, 14th-28th Dec. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 60-G*25 inches. 



As Mr. A. J. North has already pointed out [Nests &; 

 Eggs of B. Austr. i. p. 187 (1903)], a serious error was made 

 by Dr. Gadow in volume viii. of the ' Catalogue of the Birds 

 in the British Museum.' On page 178 Eopsaltria gularis is 

 described under the heading E. yeorgiana, and on p. 181 a 

 description of E. yeorgiana is given under the heading 

 E. gularis. 



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