65 ! Mr. Thomas Carter on some 



S.maculata. It would be difficult to distinguish between the 

 two species by merely reading his description of S. balstoni 

 and that of Mr. A. J. North's S. maculata. 



28. ACANTIIIZA UROPYGIALIS Gould. 



Mr. Shortridge states : " The Chestnnt-rnmped Tit is the 

 only species that occurs so far north as the Gascoyne River, 

 where, however, it is rare." I found it not uncommon in 

 the scrub inland from Point Cloates, two hundred miles 

 further north ('Emu/ vol. iii. p. 37). 



29. Rum dura tricolor (Yieill.). 



The Black-and- White Fantail does occur at Albany, but 

 it is very seldom seen there. Mr. Shortridge says it " does 

 not occur/'' 



30. Smicrornis brevirostris Gould. 



Mr. Shortridge says that the Short-tailed Tree-Tit occurs 

 as far south as Wagin. It is not uncommon round Broome 

 Hill, forty-four miles further south. 



31. PeTROBCA CAMPBELL! Sharpc. 



Both Petrosca campbelli and P. goodenovii are found in 

 the Mroome Hill district. 1 J . goodenovii occurs regularly in 

 the winter months right down to the beach from Carnarvon 

 to the X.W. Cape. 



32. Halcyon sanctus Vig & llorsf. 



Mr. Shortridge says that "the Sacred Kingfisher is said 

 to occur as far north as Houtmans Abrolhos." I have shot 

 specimens at Point Cloates, and it occurs all through West 

 Australia within a certain radius of the coast (see 'Emu/ 

 vol. ii. p. 50). 



33. Dacelo cervina Gould. 



Mr. Shortridge says " the Fawn-breasted Kingfisher was 

 plentiful on the Gascoyne River and extended as far north 

 as Murchison." The Gascoyne River is from a hundred and 

 fifty to two hundred miles to the north of the Murchison 

 River, running roughly parallel to it. 



34. Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw. 



Mr. Shortridge states that " the Warbling Grass-Parakeet 



