Collection of Birds from We4ern Australia. G83 



CiNCLOSOMA CASTANOXOTUM Gould. 



Cinclosoma castanonotum Math. p. 69. 



a. ? . Parker's Range, 7th Aug. 



h. ? . Dwaladine, 17th Feb. 



c, d. ^ ^ . Woyaline, 18th April. 



Iris reddish-browu ; bill black; legs of a slate-colour. 



Total length, measured iti the flesh, 9*75 inches. 



The female of this species is new to the British Museum, 

 which contained only adult male specimens. The male bird 

 procured by Mr. Shortridge is probably not fully adult. Tlie 

 scapulars are reddish-brown and the lower back chestnut, 

 whereas in the fully adult bird these parts are maroon. The 

 greater secondary coverts are entirely black lipped Avith 

 white and are not light along the margin of the outer web. 

 Our series is insuffioient to shew whether these differences 

 are due to age or to locality. 



[The Chestnut-backed Ground-Thrush is a ground-feedei 

 and a swift runner; it is met with in pairs. — G. C. S.~\ 



Lalage tricolor Swainson. 



Lalage tricolor Math. p. Q>i. 



a-f. S ? . Kurrawang, 18th Sept.-3rd Oct. 



g-l. S ? • Laverton, 14th-26th Oct. 



m. $ . Dale River, 19th Dec. 



Iris dark brown or of a dark slate-colour ; bill black in the 

 male, dusky-black, with the lower mandible dull yellowish at 

 the base, in the female ; legs of a slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 6'75-7*75 inches. 

 [The White-shouldered Caterpillar-Catcher is a locally 

 distributed migratory species, very plentiful where it occurs, 

 but rare on the Gascoyne River. It is generally met with in 

 pairs.— G. C. S.] 



Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 



Coracina robusta Lath. ; Math. p. 68. 



a, b. cJ . King River, 8th & 27th Dec. 



c, d. ^ et imm. Big Grove, 13th & 15th April. 



^,f- S ? • Parker's Range, 11th Aug. 



g-k. J ? . Kurrawang, 3rd-18th Sept. 



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