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is never found in the extreme south-west." In 1907 and 

 L908 there were great numbers of these birds breeding round 

 Broome Hill, which is certainly within the S.W. corner. 



35. Barnardius semitorquatus. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant states that both this species and 

 II. zonarius occur at Beverley, and so they do at Broome Hill, 

 where intermediate forms have caused me much perplexity. 

 A large series of skins from various localities is required to 

 form a definite conclusion respecting- them. Observing the 

 changes of plumage in caged birds would also be of great 

 assistance. 



:)(). Platycercus xanthogenys Salvad. 



It is exceedingly in t Testing to have tins species confirmed 

 from a definite locality. I have not seen Dr. Ilartert's de- 

 scription of the specimens in the Tring .Museum, and have 

 often wondered why none had been obtained around Broome 

 Hill, which is situated between Beaufort River and Cran- 

 brook. P. icterutis is very common in that district, and I 

 have observed many birds with feathers on the back margined 

 broadly with red, and still more so on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant surmises that Beaufort and 

 Cranbrook are in West Australia. Good maps of this Colony 

 can be secured gratis, on application to the Agent-General 

 in Victoria Street, and a little study of thern would have 

 proved that his surmise is correct. The Beaufort River is 

 a little to the south and west of Wagin, and is a tributary 

 of the Blackwood River. Cranbrook is a township on the 

 Great Southern Railway, eighty miles south of Wagin and 

 seventy miles north of Albany. 



37. Cacatua gymnopis Sclater. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant says that the occurrence of this species 

 in the western division of West Australia shews a considerable 

 extension of its range. It was known to occur in the interior 

 of Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia, and 

 possibly in North-western Australia. Apparently Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant is not well posted in the literature of West Australia 



