Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 677 



[The Blue-breasted Superb Warbler is very similar to 

 M. assimilis in its ojeneral habits and appearance, but is much 

 more shy and always frequents the very thickest under- 

 growth.— G. C. -S.] 



Sericornis brunnea Gould. 



Sericoniis brunnea Math. p. 76. 



a-f. S ? • Crookerdine Lake, 17th-25th July. 



g-i. ^ ? . Kurrawang, 3rd & 7th Sept. 



k. ? . Hawksncst, 12th Nov. 



/. c? • Carnarvon, 5th Aug. 



m. ^ . Clifton Downs, 9th Oct. 



Iris hazel or dull red, outer ring buff; bill olive-brown, 

 pinkish on lower mandible ; legs dark brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5*25. 



[The " Red-throat '' was plentiful in the central and 

 western divisions. — G. C. S.^ 



Sericornis maculata Gould. 



Hericornis maculata Math. p. 77. 



a-d. (J ? et $ imm. Big Grove, 9th March-lOth April. 



e. (J. Margaret River, 1st March. 



Iris pale yellow ; bill brown, lower mandible paler ; 

 legs brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 5-5*25 inches. 



An immature bird has few black markings on the feathers 

 of the throat and fore-neck and they take the form of narrow 

 shaft-streaks, instead of black middles; the white eyebrow- 

 stripe is much less defined. 



[The Striated Scrub-Wren was met with in the south-west. 

 It inhabits the forests, frequenting the thick undergrowth. 

 It does not extend its range far inland. — G. C. <§.] 



Sericornis balstoni. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 

 Sericornis balstoni Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 72 (1909) 

 Adult male and female (in worn plumage). General colour 

 above, including the sides of the head, pale greyish-brown, 

 almost drab. A distinct white superciliary stripe narrowly 

 edged above with brownish-black and extending from the lores 

 to behind the eyes ; lores blackish in the male, whitish in the 



