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Sphenura brachyptera longirostris. 



No sio-ns of Lono-billed Bristle-bii'ds were seen or heard 

 in any of the coastal scrubs that were visited in the south- 

 west area, aIthoui>h I spent several days at the {)lace where 

 the last known birds were seen some years ago ; but the 

 localities where these birds may still be living extend along- 

 such a great stretch of the coast, and are so densely clothed 

 in scrub, that it is very easy to miss seeing such a very shy 

 and seclusive species. 



Artamus leucorhynchus leucopygialis. 



The first time White-rumped Wood-Swallows were ever 

 seen by me was at Carnarvon on 24 September, 1911, when 

 a small party was flying about Babbage Island, but were 

 very wild. Many of these birds were seen at exactly the 

 same place and same day of month in 1911), and some 

 specimens obtained. No examples were seen in 191G. 



Campbellornis personatus. 



Masked Wood-Swallows were numerous about Broome 

 Hill in early January 1916. These birds are very erratic 

 in their visits. 



Austrartamus cinereus tregellasi. 



Black-vented Wood-Swallows were seen in the Gascoyne 

 and Minilya districts on all three trips, but were most 

 plentiful in 1916, when many nests containing eggs or 

 young were seen in September. A nest with three eggs 

 was seen at the Minilya on 9 September, 1911. 



Angroyan cyanopterus. 



Wood-Swallows were common in the south-west districts. 



Micrartamus minor derbyi. 



Little Wood-Swallows were only seen in Shark Bay, and 

 in some of the deep gorges in the North-West Cape ranges, 

 where they breed in holes of the clitls. When at the Yardie 

 Creek on 26 August, 1913, I saw the parent birds feeding 

 their young in a nest that was out of sight in a crevice of 

 the root of a large cave. 



