G18 Mr. Thomas Carter on some 



from the hazel of the immature to the white of the adult. 

 On July 18th, 1900, I noted that the irides of an almost 

 fully fledged young bird in the nest were slate-blue in 

 colour. As neither of the parent birds was secured, it is 

 possible that the nestling was a Corvus bennetti. 



Corvus bennetti was recorded by me as occurring at 

 Point Cloates in N.W. Australia, in the ' Emu/ vol. iii. 

 p. 212. 



2. Zon\eginthus oculatus Quoy & Gaim. 



Mr. Shortridge states that the Red-eared Finch does not 

 occur inland, but I found it plentiful at Balbarrup in the 

 south-west, a distance of thirty-five miles from the nearest 

 coast in February 1910. 



3. ACAXTHOCH.ERA CARUXCULATA (Lath.) . 



Mr. Shortridge remarks that the Red Wattle-bird " is rare 

 in the coastal district of the extreme south-west, where its 

 place is taken by Anellobia lunulata." 1 have found the Red 

 Wattle- bird plentiful from Albany to the Vasse River all 

 along the south-west coast, in the very months when Mr. 

 Shortridge found it to be rare. 



4. Meliorxis loxgirostris (Gould). 



The Long-billed Honey-eater occurs very plentifully round 

 Broome Hill, which is about eighty-five miles inland. 

 Beverley, where Mr. Shortridge found it "not common/' 

 is about seventy miles inland. 



5. Meliorxis mystacalis Gould. 

 Meliornis mystacalis Mathews, Handlist, p. 98. 



Mr. Shortridge, who collected a remarkably good series 

 of birds from the various localities that he visited, has 

 missed this handsome species, which occurs near Albany. 

 I also secured specimens of it at Perth and near Broome 

 Hill. 



6. Ptilotis orxata Gould. 



Mr. Shortridge remarks that the Graceful Honey-eater 

 was not observed in " the coastal district to the south of 



