C56 Mr. Thomas Carter on some 



or he would not have supposed that his is the first record 

 of the occurrence of the Bare-eyed Cockatoo in this State. 

 It is the common Cockatoo of the North-west, and was 

 recorded as occurring there twenty-three years ago : see Proc. 

 Roy. Soc. Vict. vol. iii. p. 4 (Campbell) ; ' Emu/ vol. i. p. 25 

 (Campbell) ; 'Emu/ vol. iii. p. 171 (Carter) ; 'Emu/ vol. ii. 

 p. 62 (Hall) ; 'Hull's Key/ p. 62; 'Emu/ vol. iv. p. 38 

 (Kilgour); Nov. Zool. xii. p. 211 (Hartert). Rather curiously 

 Mr. Mathews in his f Handlist ' has not given West Australia 

 as one of the States where it occurs. C. gymnojiis seems to 

 be very close to C. sangninea. 



38. Circus assimilis .laid. & Selby. 



Mr. Shortridge says: " The Allied Harrier is probably less 

 numerous than C. gouldi in the south-west." If it occurs 

 at all in the south-west it must be very rarely, as I have 

 never yet seen one in that part, but 1 found that it was 

 plentiful in the north-west (' Emu/ iii. p. 31). 



39. Plotus Nov.E-HOLLAxni.i; Gould. 



The Darter is certainly seldom seen in the west or south- 

 west districts. During my twenty-four years' residence in 

 West Australia only two occurrences have come under my 

 notice, one at Point Cloates, the other on the Pallennp River 

 in the extreme south. 



40. Nettion gibberifrons S. Mull. 



It seems very curious that there is still so much doubt as 

 to whether Nettion gibberifrons and N. castaneum are two 

 distinct species or not. My experience is that N. gibberifrons 

 is a freshwater Duck. I have seen great numbers both in 

 the north-west and south-west, as it is a common species, 

 and, if the green head and neck are ever assumed, the birds 

 must breed freely in immature plumage. I have seen scores 

 of birds on swamps and pools around which were many nests, 

 and have shot many male birds, undoubtedly breeding, that 

 had no trace of a gieen head or neck, but have seen only one 

 place where N. castaneum occurs, namely, in a mangrove 

 creek (sea-water) near the North-West Cape many miles from 



