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It is curious that my old natives at the North-West Cape 

 told me that the Bower-birds were strange to them, and 

 they had no aboriginal name for them ; but a native who came 

 from the Ashburton district told me that he had seen similar 

 birds to the north of that river, and far inland. A white 

 man to whom I showed the specimens, asking him if he had 

 ever seen any like them, at once replied that he had seen the 

 same or similar birds at a locality that corresponded with 

 the one described by the native, viz. about 180 miles east 

 of the Cape. 



Through some mistake, the letterpress accompanying the 

 plate of this fine new subspecies (' Ibis,' 1920, p. 499) is 

 headed " On a new species of Bower-bird." 



Corvus coronoides perplexus. 



Southern Ravens were common in all south-western 

 districts, and were seen near the mouth of the Warren River. 

 Some were also seen at Broome Hill on 14 February, 1919, 

 where Ravens seldom occur. 



Corvus bennetti bonhoti. 



Western Small-billed Crows were common about the 

 Gascoyne and Minilya districts, A breeding female was 

 shot at Carnarvon on 9 August, 1911. It had the bill 

 and inside of mouth black ; irides with a bright blue centre, 

 and white around it. A male obtained at the Minilya River, 

 19 August, 1911, had the bill and mouth black; irides hazel. 



Corvus cecilae cecilse. 



Northern Crows were also common in the above districts, 

 and I cannot say which bird is the most abundant, but pro- 

 bably C, c. cecilce, and the following notes may be taken as 

 ajiplying to this species : — 5-9 September, 1911, Many 

 young, of large size, in nests at the Lyndon and Minilya 

 rivers, and one nest containing eggs. 17 September, 1913. 

 Many young birds in nests at Minilya. 22 Jul}^ 1916. 

 Took seven eggs, incubated, and of a pale blue colour without 

 markings, from a nest ten feet from the ground in a stunted 

 tree at Yurdie Creek. 9 July, 191G. Shot a male at Point 



