652 Mr. Thomas Carter on some 



Cloates in stunted timber ('Emu/ vol. iii. p. 91). This 

 extends its range about two hundred miles north of 

 Mr. Shortridge's observations. 



17. Pachycephala oilberti Gould. 

 Pachycephala gilberti Math. IIand-1. p. 8G. 



Gilbert's Thickhead is an interesting species which occurs 

 rather numerously about this district, but apparently did 



not come under Mr. Shortridge's notice. It is, however, a 

 bird that may easily be overlooked, unless attention is 

 attracted by its loud and peculiar notes. 



18. Gv.MXOKIJINA LEUCONOTA Gray. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant ascribes the "Magpies" procured by 

 Mr. Shortridge in the South-west and Central inland 

 districts to G. leuconota, thereby differing in opinion from 

 such sound naturalists as Campbell, Hall, and Milligan, 

 who have studied the question of the West Australian 

 Magpies closely. There is no doubt a great deal yet to be 

 learnt respecting the various stages of plumages. 



19. Artami s person \ n s Gould. 



Mr. Shortridge says the appearance of the Masked 

 Wood-Swallow in the south-west is very uncertain. My 

 experience of this species, both in the north-west and 

 south-west, is that it is usually seen during spells of dry 

 hot weather with an east wind. 



20. Artamus cinereus Vieill. 

 Artamus cinereus Math. Hand-1. p. 84. 



It seems curious that the Grey-breasted "Wood- Swallow, 

 the most typical West Australian form of this genus, was 

 not noted by Mr. Shortridge. It occurs in the Gascoyne 

 and north-west districts in great numbers, usually in the 

 winter months, when it breeds freely. 



21. Stipiturus malacurtjs (Shaw). 



The Emu-Wren does not always reside in swampy flats, 

 as I have seen and shot specimens on the dry open sand 

 plain to the east of both Busselton and Broome Hill. 



