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liennaneut i-esidents. There are two selectors there, who occuj^y 

 their holdings during the summer months. Mr. S. A. Hanscombe, 

 R.A.O.U., was to have accompanied the party as ornithologist, 

 but unforeseen events prevented him at the last moment. The 

 accompanying list of birds ol)served on Harrington Tops. 27th 

 to 50th December, is by Mr. John Hopson, jun., of Eccleston, 

 who for many years has been a keen observer of birds and their 

 habits : — Black Duck(.4;?rt5 superciliosa). Wedge-tailed Eagle {Uro- 

 aetus aiidax), Brown Hawk {Hieracidea herigora). Nankeen Kestrel 

 {Cerchneis cenchroides), Boobook Owl {Ninox boobook). Black 

 Cockatoo [Calyptorhynchns funereiis). Crimson Parrot {Platycercus 

 pennanti). Laughing Kingfisher (Jackass) {Dacelo gigas), Sacred 

 Kingfisher {Halcyon sanctus). Spine-tailed Swift {Chcetura 

 caud acuta). Fan-tailed Cuckoo [Cacomantis flabelliformis), Victoria 

 Lyre-Bird [Menura victoricB), Tree-Martin {Petrochelidon nigricans). 

 Flame-breasted Robin {Petroica phnnicea). White-shafted Fantail 

 {RJiipidiira albiscapa). Satin Flycatcher [Myiagra nitida), Coach- 

 whip-Bird {Psophodes crepitans). Rufous Song-Lark {Cinclo- 

 I'haiii pints riifesceiis). Yellow-tailed Tit- Warbler {Acanthiza iiro- 

 pygi(ilis). Wiiite-browed Scrub-Wren {Sericornis frontalis), Wren- 

 Warliler {Maliints cyanochlaniys), Grey Shrike-Thrush {Colluricincla 

 harmonica). Black-backed Magpie {Gymnorhina tibicen). Black- 

 throated Butcher-Bird {Cracticus nigrogiilaris). White-throated 

 Tree-creeper {Climacteris leiicophcea). White-eye {Zosterops dorsalis). 

 Red-tipped Diamond-Bird {Pardalotus striatus), White-naped 

 Honey-eater [Melithreptits Imiulatus), Spinebill Honey-eater 

 {Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris). Singing Honey-eater [Ptilotis 

 sonora), White-eared Honey-eater (P. leucotis). Noisy Miner 

 {Myzantha garrula), Wattle-Bird [Anthochcera carmicidata), Satin 

 Bower-Bird [Ptilonorhynchns holosericeus), Short-billed Crow 

 {CorvHS bennetti). Pied Bell-Magpie {Strepera graculina). Spur- 

 winged Plover [Lobivanellus lobatus). A nest of the Rosella was 

 found. It contained four young birds ; two were of the normal 

 colour, the others were what is popularly called " sports " — that 

 is, where the green should have been was yellow, the black and 

 blue changed to white, the red had not altered. 



Procellariiformes in Western Australia. — In The Emu* Mr. 

 W. B. Alexander has, under the above title, given a list of Petrels 

 authentically known from Western Australia, as well as a list of 

 species whose inclusion in the Western Australian avifauna is 

 open to question. During a recent voyage to England and back 

 I twice passed along the Western Australian coast, and made 

 careful notes of the species observed, as far as identification was 

 possible without handling specimens. I noted the following 

 species : — 



Thyellodroma pacifica chlororhyncha. Lesson (P. sphenurus, 



* Emu, vol. XV., pp. 182, 183. 



