650 Mr. Thomas Carter on some 



inland). Mr. Shortridge states that G. subocularis does not 

 extend inland. 



10. AcANTHORHYNCHUS SUPERCILIOSUS (Gould). 



Mr. Shortridge's field-note states that "The Western 

 Spine-billed Honey-eater was observed as far north as 

 Beverley and Perth, but it did not extend inland" [my 

 italics], yet he speaks of Meliornis longirostris and other 

 species as occurring as far inland as Beverley. Anyone 

 r.ot well posted up in West Australian geography must 

 be puzzled as to whether Beverley is on the coast or 

 inland. 



11. Pardalotus punctatus (Shaw & Nodd.). 



I have observed and shot specimens of the Spotted 

 Diamond bird in " Marlock " scrub, fully eighty miles from 

 the coast. 



12. Zosterops gouldi (Bonap.). 



The range of the Green-backed White-eye extends to Point 

 Cloates and most probably further north (' Emu/ vol. iii. 

 p. 91). 



13. Zosterops siiortridgii Grant. 

 Zosterops shortridgii Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 663. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant describes this new species also from a 

 single specimen, not very much material upon which to 

 work in such a difficult genus as Zosterops. Possibly 

 he was under the impression that it is an insular form, 

 but this it cannot be, as Rabbit Island, where the bird 

 was obtained, is only separated from the mainland by a 

 channel about two hundred yards in width, broken into 

 three by two rocky islets, so that a bird of very weak flying 

 power could easily cross it. Rabbit Island (called "Mistaken 

 Island" on some maps) is about a hundred and fifty acres 

 in area. I thoroughly searched it in March last, being on it 

 all day, and to my disappointment never saw a Zosterops : 

 the only land-birds observed were Halcyon sancius, Acanthi z a 

 apicalis, and Eopsaltria georgiana. The bird described as new 

 bv Mr. Ogilvie-Grant must have come from the mainland, 



