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Pomatostomus temporalis rubeculus. 



Red-breasted Babblers did not seem to be breeding on 

 the lower Minilya River on 19 Angust, 1911. Recently 

 fledged young l)irds were seen tliere on 2 September, 1916. 



The above locality is the only one where I have regularly 

 seen these birds, which appear to be always present at the 

 same ])lace. They do not seem to occur on the Lower 

 Gascoyne River, but are common on the upper parts. 



Morganornis superciliosus ashbyi. 



Western Wliite-browed Babblers were commonly seen 

 about Broome Hill, and the inland areas of the south-west, 

 which are not so heavily timbered as the coastal ])Hrts. 

 I had never seen any of these birds between the Vasse 

 and Warren rivers until 31 March, 1919, when I came upon 

 a small party near Warren House. A specimen obtained 

 seemed to be a typical M. s. ashhiji. 



Morganornis superciliosus gwendolense. 



The (Carnarvon Babbler is a good subspecies, being much 

 smaller tlian the south-western form, iM. s. aslibyi. These 

 birds wpi-e, as usiuil, plentiful in the scrub around ( 'arnarvon 

 in 1911, 1913, and 1916. Fledged young birds were noted" 

 there on 19 September, 1911, and three eggs were found in 

 a nest on 23 September, 1913. As compared with a series 

 of eggs of Morganornis s. ashhi/i from Broome Hill, the 

 C*arnarvon eggs are much shorter, having both ends very 

 round and blunt, and are "84 of an inch in length, those 

 from Broome Hill averaging "96. The Carnarvon eggs are 

 heavily blotched all over with purplish brown, and the black 

 hair-streaks, which are usually numerous on eggs of M. s. 

 ashhi/i, only appear on two of the Carnarvon eggs, and are 

 limited to one long streak on the large end of each. 



Calamanthus fuliginosus carteri. 



Western Striated Field-Wrens w^ere seen in mid-February 

 19J9,on scrubby sand-plains about thirty miles south-east of 

 Broome Hill, and, as usual, were very wary. When staying 

 at Woolundra, about one hundred and fifty miles north of 



