Vol. XXI. 

 1921 



J,E SOUEF, Birds at Uhor and Xiillarbor. 



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Tiny Short-billed 'I'ree-Tits {SiiiicroDiis hrevirostris) were 

 numerous in the belts of Mallee and Eucalyptus pyriformis; 

 they were constantly searching the tops of the trees for insects. 



Black and White Fantail (Leucocirca tricolor). — Mr. 

 Taylor stated that the Wagtail occasionally visited his house at 

 Fisher, but did not stay long. 



White- fronted, Golden- fronted and Tricoloured Bush-Chats 

 i EpJithianura alhifrons, E. aurifrons and E. tricolor) were 

 numerous out on the big plain from Fisher, though tricolor was 



Nest of Orange-fronted Chat (Ephthianura aurifrons) 

 Photo, by A. S. Le Souef. C.M.Z.S. . 



more plentiful in the open scrub country closer to Ooldea. E. 

 aurifrons was breeding, and several nests with both eggs and 

 young were noted in the Blue-bushes. 



What I took to be Chestnut-backed Ground- P>irds {Cin- 

 closoma castanotiini) were fairly numerous on the edge of the 

 plain out from Ooldea ; they have a habit of dodging round the 

 base of bushes, and are rather reluctant to leave the cover. Five 

 miles out from Ooldea on a thickly grown clay pan, where the 

 ground was a very light clay Colour, I observed a very light- 

 coloured Ground-Bird coloured exactly like the clay on which 

 it lived. It allowed a close approach, and when flushed flew un- 

 der a small bush and remained very still and trusted to its 

 protective coloration to esca])e observation. This was, I think, 

 the Cinnamon Ground-Bird (C cinnamomeum). 



The Field Wren (Calanianthus canipcstris) was one of the 

 commonest birds on the big plain, and was only in evidence well 



