191 7'] Dirk Hartog Island and Per on Peninsula. 607 



Gould records the Grey-breasted Wood-Swallow [Artamus 

 cinereus) as occurring " locally on the limestone hills near 

 the coast at Swan River, and the Clear Hills of the 

 interior/' most probably from Gilbert's field-notes ; and 

 it is rather curious that lie has tlie same aboriginal, as well 

 as the same colonial name for both species. 



From my personal observations in Western Australia, 

 extending over more than thirty years, the Grey-breasted 

 (Black-vented) Wood-Swallow is one of the commonest 

 birds between the North-west Cape and Gascoyne River 

 after heavy winter rains. It is sometimes seen after 

 summer rains. 



Micrartamus minor minor. 



A small number of Little Wood- Swallows were seen on 

 Dirk Hartog Island about 27 April, 1916, but none were 

 noticed on the second visit. They probably breed in the 

 great cliffs of the west coast. This species was not observed 

 on the Peron. It is essentially a cliff-haunting ])ird. 



Colluricincla rufiventris murcMsoni. 



No Buff-bellied Shrike-Thrushes were observed cither on 

 Dirk Hartog Island or the Peron peninsula, but a few were 

 seen in dense high scrub on Edel Land and one was shot 

 on 12 December, 1916. 



Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca. 



A single female ]\Jagpie-Lark was seen on Dirk Hartog 

 Island on my arrival on April 25, and it was in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the homestead until my departure on 

 May 29. Mr. Lloyd informed me that it made its appear- 

 ance during an exceptional heavy gale in the previous 

 January, and was the only bird of that species he had seen 

 there ; also that it disappeared early in June, having pro- 

 bably returned to the mainland on the approach of the 

 breeding-season. 



None were seen on the Peron. As previously stated, there 

 are no fresh-water pools at either of these localities. 



