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Campbell, Annotations. 



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At the time we regarded the Kangaroo Island bird as referable 

 to S. maculata — the Western form ; but I now venture to separate 

 it under the name of Sericornis halmaturma (Kangaroo Island 

 Scrub-Wren). 



Description of Adult Male. — Upper surface, wings, and tail 

 brownish or fuscous, the upper tail coverts being olive-brown : 

 primaries edged with grey or dull white : tail near the tip banded 

 with dark brown or black, and all but the two central feathers 

 •tipped (on the inner web) with white ; spurious wings black, some of 

 the feathers edged with white ; line above the eye and a spot below 

 white ; space between the eye and bill black. Under surface 

 whitish, throat, chest, and breast having dark centres to feathers : 

 flanks and tibia tinged with brownish- 

 grey. Dimensions in inches : — Length. 

 5 ; wing, I ,•■',. ; tail, 2 : bill, ,',. : tarsus, 

 7 



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A Correction. — In The Emu, vol. 

 X., p. 168, I described a supposed new 

 Eopsaltria from North-West Australia 

 as E. hilli. 



Notwithstanding its yellowish breast 

 and upper tail coverts, Mr. Gregory 

 M. Mathews (see Bulletin B.O.C., vol. 

 xxvii., page 41) has pronounced it to 

 be a female of Pachycephala melamira 

 (Gould). A re-examination of the speci- 

 men confirms Mr. Mathews' opinion, 

 and I take this opportunity of cor- 

 recting my mistake, with apologies to 

 Mr. G. F. Hill. 



The female of Pachycephala uielanura 

 has not yet been figured. Gould 

 figured the male only. 



Emu- Wrens. — Concerning my re- 

 marks in the last issue of The Emu 

 (p. 222), herewith is given an illustration 

 of half the tails (natural size) of the 

 males of the two forms. Eastern and 

 Western, kindly drawn by Mr. C. C. 

 Brittlebank. The Western (left-hand 

 portion) is from a fine skin collected 

 at Ellensbrook, and obligingly loaned 

 by Mr. B. Woodward, F.G.S., Perth 

 Museum. The other portion is from a 

 bird collected at Springvale, Victoria, 

 by Mr. A. G. Campbell. 



In addition to the difference in char- 

 acter of the tail, as figured. Stipiturus 

 x&esternensis has a lighter-coloured (grey- 

 ish instead of brownish) mantle, darker 



