1917-] Dirk Hartog Islajul and Peron Pen'msula. 609 



Putnella albifrons albifrons. 



Of White-fronted Honey-eaters only three were seen, 

 near the big mangrove lagoon on the Peron, November 26, 

 1916. 



Stigmatops indistincta perplexa. 



Only one Least Honey-eater was seen and shot. It was 

 in the same bush on the Perou as the White-fronted Honey- 

 eaters. 



Dorothina virescens virescens. 



The type of the Singing Honey-eater Avas obtained at 

 Shark's Bay by the French expedition of 1818, and not by 

 Gould as stated in IMathews' ' List of Australian Birds,' 1913. 

 It was therefore very interesting to find this species plenti- 

 fully distributed over all parts of Dirk Hartog Island and 

 the Peron peninsula. The birds of this species occurring 

 in these localities appear to be the same, but differ con- 

 siderably both in size and colour from the birds that 

 occur around Carnarvon (about 100 miles north) and Point 

 Cloates. 



The large size and bold markings of the birds on Dirk 

 Hartog Island attracted my attention at the homestead 

 immediately on arrival. Specimens from Dirk Hartog and 

 the Peron average one inch longer in total measurement 

 than birds from Carnarvon or Point Cloates districts. They 

 are also much darker in the general colour of the mantle and 

 underparts, and the black, yellow, and white stripes behind 

 the eyes are larger and brighter in colour. 



Their habits and notes are the same as those from other 

 localities. All the scrub on the island swarmed with recently 

 fledged young and their parent birds in October, and their 

 noisy presence distracted attention when searching for Grass- 

 Wrens. A nest examined was three inches across the top 

 and three inches in depth over all. Inside measurement of 

 depth was two inches. The material was of fine grass or 

 roots of a uniform pale straw-colour, and nests were 



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