474 Mr. C. Ingram on the Birds of 



This interesting species of Tree-runner is most nearly 

 allied to N. striata, but differs from that bird in its generally 

 larger size, and especially in its longer and more massive 

 bill, the average length of the culmen being 0*63 in. as 

 compared with 0"53 in. The bill is also considerably darker, 

 being brownish black for at least three-fourths of its length, 

 and is only cream-coloured at the extreme base, as is that of 

 N. pileata. In N. striata the blackish marks are confined to 

 the anterior third or half of the bill, chiefly on the upper 

 and lower edges, the remaining area being lemon-yellow. 

 The back is noticeably greyer than in, the last-mentioned 

 bird, while the under parts are not so distinctly or so heavily 

 striated, especially towards the centre of the breast and 

 abdomen, which are also of a purer white. The black head 

 of the female and crown of the male lack the brownish 

 tinge noticed in N. striata. Average measurements of the 

 two types: wing 3*3 in., tail 1'5 in., tarsus 07 in., culmen 

 065 in. The habitat of this species is apparently south of 

 that of N. striata, for I find no record of the latter bird 

 being found below Cairns. 



70. DiCiEUM HIRUNDINACEUM ShaW. 



Dictum hirundinacemn Gld. Handb. i. p. 581 ; Ingram, 

 Ibis, 1907, p. 412 ; Math. Handl. p. 90. 



No. 342. a. Sex ? Beech Mount, Inkerman, April 25, 

 1907. 

 „ b. S adult. Mount Abbot, Nov. 1907. 

 Bill and feet black ; iris brown. 



71. Pardalotus melanocephalus Gld. 



Pardalotus melanocephalus Gld. Handb. i. p. 165 ; Math. 

 Ilandl. p. 91. 



a. c? adult. Inkerman, Spring Range, Sept, 1907. 



b. ? . Inkerman, Oct. 19, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet grey-brown ; iris grey. 



72. Melithreptus albigularis Gld. 



Melithreptus albigularis Gld. Handb. i. p. 571 ; Math. 

 Handl. p. 92. 



