Inkerman Station, North Queensland. 467 



No. 315. S adult. Mount Inkermau. March 18, 1907. 

 Bill bluish black above, cream-colour below ; feet dark grey ; 

 iris brown. 



36. Merops ornatus Lath. 



Merops ornatus Gld. Handb. i. p. 117; Ingram, Ibis, 

 1907, p. 401 ; Math. Handl. p. 55. 



No. 318. «, 6. ? ? adult. Inkerman, April 3, 1907. 



„ c. $ adult. Inkerman, Oct. 9, 1907. 

 Bill and feet black ; iris hazel-brown. 



37. CucuLus iNORNATus Vig. & Horsf. 

 Cacomantis pallidus Gld. Handb. i. p. 615. 

 Cuculus inornatus Math. Handl. p. 57. 



No. 300. J adult. Inkerman, JNIarch 5, 1907. 



No. 361. ? adult. Inkerman, Oct. 9, 1907. 



Bill bluish black, ranging into light brown below ; feet 

 dark grey ; iris brown ; ring round the eye bright yellow. 

 This bird had been feeding on hairy caterpillars. 



38. Cacomantis flabelliformis (Lath.). 

 Cacomantis insperatus Gld. Handb. i. p. 619. 

 Cacomantis variolosus Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 



ii. p. 572; Hall, Key B. of Austr. p. 58. 



Cacomantis flabelliformis Math. Handl. p. 57. 



No. 373. ? (?) adult. Mount Inkerman, Nov. 11, 1907. 

 Bill black above, greyish below ; iris purplish white. 



39. Centropus phasianus (Lath.). 



Centropus phasianus Gld. Handb. i. p. 634 ; Math. Handl. 

 p. 59. 



No. 306. a. ? adult. Inkerman Spring, March 7, 1907. 

 „ b. (^ adult. Inkerman, April 15, 1907. 



I observed this species at Inkerman on Aug. 7, 1902, and 

 wrote the following remarks in my journal : — " We flushed 

 this long-tailed, brown bird from some tall growth and it 

 flew up into a Moreton Bay ash, from which it refused to 

 be disturbed. Among the thin, vertical foliage of this tree 

 it seemed almost incredible that it could find any conceal- 



