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Tirown Song Lark {Cinclorliainplius cniralis). I'sually very 

 common, but scarce at time of our visit. 



Rufous Song Lar!< { Ptcuocdiis iiialhcicsi ) — i'"l'. Scattered 

 throughout the ringed timber. 



Little Grassbird { Mcf/alitnts (/raiiiiiicus) — I'. Xest feathers 

 placed in the usual "hooded" manner. 



^'ellow Tit-Warbler (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) — P. 

 Yellow-rumped Tit-W'arijler (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) — 1*. 

 Red-rumped Tit-Warbler — R, and only few nests seen. 

 Chestnut-rumped Tit-\\'arbler [Acanthiza uropyciialis) — P. 

 Blue Wren- Warbler {M alums cyanetis) — XP. 

 White-winged Wren-Warbler (Maliiriis leuconotus) — FP. 

 Breeds in "Roley-poley" bushes on the plains. 



Lambert's ( \'ariegated ) \\'ren- Warbler (Mahiriis lauibcrti) — 

 FP. Noted in the lignum bushes in the swamps, and water- 

 courses, as well as in more usual haunts. 



White-browed Wood-Swallow {Artamits supercitiosiis), White- 

 rumped Wood-Swallow (A. Ieucorh\nchiis), Masked "Wood- 

 Swallow (A. personatits), Black-faced Wood-Swallow {A. 

 cine reus) — P. 



Wood-Swallow (./. tcncbrosHS) — XP. 



Little Wood-Swallow (A. minor) — R. 



Grey Shrike Thrush {CoUuricincla harmonica) — P. 



Magpie Lark (Grallina cxanolenca) — \'P. 



White-face i Aphelocephala leucopsis) — \"P. Xcsting in hol- 

 low spouts. 



Orange-winged Tree-runner (A'eositta chrysoptera) — FP. 



Brown Tree-creeper (Climactcris piciimna) — VP. Feeds at 

 the kitchen doors. 



White-throated Tree-creeper [Climactcris leucophcea). Only 

 in tall Belah scrubs. 



Alistletoe Bird (Dicceum hinindinaccum) — P. 



Pardalotes, both red-tipped (Pardalotus striatus) and orange- 

 tipped (Pardalotns assimilis) are fairly plentiful. Their notes 

 were exactly alike, but entirely ditiferent from the similar species 

 of more Southern latitudes. The note is "chip-chip,'" not "wit- 

 ee-chu," as uttered by the red-tipped elsewhere. In examining 

 s])ecimens of each, we noticed that the white outer edge and tip 

 was missing in the 2nd primary feather of the orange-tipped, 

 while there was onlv a faint trace of white towards the final third 



