Culh'ciioii of Birds from Western Australia. G79 



ACANTIIIZA APICALIS Gould. 



Acanthiza apicalis Math. p. 75. 



a-c. cJ . King River, 9tli-l 1th Dec. 



d-f. c? ? . Big Grove, 27th March-2ncl May. 



g. S • Emu Point, 28th Feb. 



//, 2. c? ? . Parker's Range, 7th & 8th Aug. 



k. c? . Kurrawang, 6th Sept. 



Iris broAvuish-red or crimson ; bill and legs of a dark 

 liorn-colour or dusky black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 4"5 inches. 



The Western Thorn-Bill is very abundant in the south- 

 west, but less plentiful than A. nropygialis in the interior. 



Acanthiza uropygialis Gould. 



Acanthiza uropygialis Math. p. 75. 



a-c. $ ? . Crookerdine Lake, 17th-24th July. 



d-f. $ ? . Parker's Range, 10th Aug. 



g-i. (;J ? et imm. Kurrawang, 6th-llth Sept. 



k. Imm. Laverton, 18th Oct. 



Adult. Iris of a pale cream- or straw-colour; bill dusky 

 black; legs very dark brown, 



Imtnatiire. Iris dark bluish-grey ; bill dark brown ; gape 

 yellow ; legs olive-brown. 



[The Chestnut-rumped Thorn-Bill was very plentiful in 

 the interior. It is the only species that extends so far north 

 as the Gascoyne Eiver, where, however, it is rare. Unlike 

 the other western forms, A. uropygialis is confined to the dry 

 central districts, and does not extend to the coast in the 

 south-west. It also differs from the other species in its 

 nesting-habits — building in the crevices or hollows of low 

 tree-stumps. — G. C. ^'.J 



Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Quoy & Gaim. 



Acanthiza chrysorrhoa Math. p. 74. 



a-d. Ad. et imm. King River, 15th Dec. -16th Feb. 



e. $ . Chockerup, 24th Jan. 



/. Ad. Big Grove, 23rd March. 



g,h. $ % . Crookerdine Lake, 20th & 27th July. 



i. ? . Kurrawang, 4th Oct. 



