570 Mr. T. Carter on the Birds of [Ibis, 



mails beino^ carried by occasional steamers and scliooners. 

 A telephone-wire connects Denliam with the telegraph- 

 station on the overland line at Flint Cliff, and, owing to the 

 prevailing sand-hilly country, no motor-cars are yet running 

 either on the Peron or Dirk Hartog Island. At the latter 

 place camels are used to do the station carting, and are in 

 general use for such work now all through the north-west 

 of Western Australia, and prove invaluable, especially in 

 droughty seasons. As readers may be puzzled to know how 

 sheep and other stock are taken to or from Dirk Hartog, 

 such as a mob of two or three thousand sheep sold for the 

 meat markets, — they are put on board a lighter (chartered 

 from Denham) at the south end of the island and shipped 

 across the South Passage, a few hundred at a time, to the 

 mainland, and thence driven overland. 



It seems remarkable that until last year (191(5) no field- 

 ornithologist had " worked " either Dirk Hartog or the 

 Peron since the French expedition in 1818, though Bcrnier 

 and Dorre Islands have been so visited. 



In conclusion, the authors of this paper beg to tender 

 their most sincere thanks to Mr. J. Nicholas, lessee of Dirk 

 Hartog Island, for granting permission to explore it ornitho- 

 logically, and for the use of his station-house, camels, horses, 

 and cutter boat, in aid of the expedition. To his manager, 

 Mr. G. C. Lloyd, who took a keen interest in it, and helped 

 in every possible way, personally taking me out to likely 

 camps, and moving me to and from them. To Mr. J. H . 

 Mead, of the Peron station, who did the same kind services 

 there, and gave the hospitality of his homestead for several 

 weeks. To Mr. Aldridge, Chief Inspector of Fisheries in 

 Western Australia, for obtaining permits to take native 

 game and authorizing Mr. Edwards, Inspector of Shark^s 

 Bay Fisheries, to help whenever he could, which he did most 

 ably and with gratifying results. Also to the authorities 

 and staff of the West Australian Museum at Perth for 

 their great help in classifying, comparing, and storing 

 specimens ; and to many other kind friends too numerous 

 to mention individuallv. 



