66 Mr. T. Carter on some [Ibis, 



specimens were obtained is the most northerly record, being- 

 sixty miles farther north, and about one hundred nearer to 

 the coast (westwards) than Clifton Downs. The birds were 

 tame, feeding on the ground below short scrub, into which 

 they took shelter when disturbed. 



This bird was first described by Mr, G. M. Mathews 

 (Bulletin B. 0. C. vol. xl. 1920, p. 75). 



Since writing the above, I have been able, through the 

 courtesy of Dr. F. R. Lowe, to compare the specimens 

 obtained by me with those obtained by Mr. Shortridge, 

 now in the Balston collection at the British Museum 

 (Natural History), and find that the Minilya birds are 

 more rufous on the mantle than any of the others, which 

 were mostly obtained in localities to the south-east — as 

 Laverton, 600 miles south-east from the Minilya, and Day 

 Dawn, about 300 miles to the south-east and midway 

 between the Minilya and Laverton. The specimens from 

 Day Dawn are almost white on the whole of the under- 

 parts, and can be separated easily from any of the others. 

 Those obtained on the Minilya can hardly be distinguished 

 from the Clifton Downs birds, which they most resemble. 



Sphenostoma cristatum occideiitale. 



Westralian Wedgebills were, as usual, abundant in the 

 Lower Gascoyne and Minilya scrubs, particularly about the 

 banks of the rivers. I proved that both sexes utter the 

 vvouderful metallic ringing notes. 



Neositta pileata broomi. 



South-west Black-capped Tree-runners were seen in sm:ill 

 parties in several south-western localities, including the 

 Margaret, Blackwood, and Warren rivers, and Lake Muir. 

 They were most plentiful about Broome Hill. 



Whitlocka melanura wellsi. 



The Allied Black-tailed Tree-Creeper (Ogilvie-Grant 

 Ibis, 1909, p. tjtl4) was first obtained by Shortridge on the 

 Upper Gascoyne liiver, apparently about 1908. I had never 



