1 92 1.] fVestern Australian Birds. 71 



Acanthorhynchiis superciliosus wilsoni. 

 White-browed Spiuebills were coninion in the south-west, 

 especiall}^ about Lake Muir. 



Gliciphila melanops westernensis. 



A7estern Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters were common about 

 Broome Hill, Gnowangeruj), and some of the coastal scrubs 

 in the south-west. They frequent open country more than 

 heavily timbered places. 



Pumella albifrons albifrons. 



White-fronted Honeyeaters, like the above birds, are 

 found in open scrubby country, and are erratic in their 

 movements. They used to be fairly common about the 

 Grascoyne and Point Cloates after heavy rains, but I never 

 saw any in the south-west. They were only noticed on two 

 occasions on my trips to the north, viz., on IJ: July, 1916^ 

 when some were seen on the ranges near Point Cloates, and 

 on 23 September, 191G, when there were a few near Car- 

 narvon and I obtained specimens. It is a verv restless and 

 shy species. 



Certhionyx variegatus. 



Pied Honeyeaters were seldom seen in the Gascoyne and 

 Minilya districts in 1911 and 1913, but were abundant in 

 1916, which was a good (wet) season. On 21 August^ 

 191G, I found a nest containing three fresh eoos at Maud's 

 Landino-. It was about two feet from the "round in a small 

 bush, and made of small twigs, roots, and grass, and lined 

 with some soft bark or tibre. Several nests containing young 

 birds of various sizes were seen in the few days following 

 this date, when travelling by camel-waggon through the 

 scrubb}' coast-hills between Maud's Landing and Cape 

 Farquhar. 



Stigmatops indistincta indistincta. 



Least Honeyeaters were seen in most localities, but not in 

 any numbers, from the south-west to the North-AVest Cape, 

 where this species is fairly common in the scrubby gorges 

 of the ranees. 



