194 CAMPBELL, Birds of Groote Eyiandf. ["^i^ffan." 



probably irihidationis, because from the same district as hecla, 

 were both synonymous with Gould's lutea. 

 D'lcccum hirnndinaceum. Mistletoe-Bird. 



d Slightly smaller than typical. 

 Pardalotiis rubricatus uropygialis. Chestnut-rumped Diamond- 

 Bird. 



cT ? ? These specimens possess the golden (cadmium yellow) 

 upper tail coverts tyj)ical of X.T. birds. For further remarks, 

 see Emu, xviii., p. 185. 



Myzomela erythrocephala. Red-headed Honey-eater, d d 

 Conopophila alhogidaris. White-throated Honey-eater. 9 

 Stigmatops indistincta. Brown Honey-eater. 



d Small in size for male of this species. 

 Stom'wpera iinicolor. White-gaped Honev-eater. 



9 Typical. 

 Tropidorhynchus argenticeps. vSilvery-crowned Friar-Bird, d 

 Philemon citreogtdaris sordidus. Little Friar-Bird. ? 

 Tmiiopygia castanotis. Chestnut-eared Finch. 



d ? Almost typical. 

 Stizoptera annulosa. Black-ringed Finch. 



d 9 Typical with black rump, not zchite as in bicliowvii. 

 Donacola castancothorax. Chestnut-breasted Finch. 



9 Very pale (pinki.sh-buff) breast. 

 Oriolus sagittatus affinis. Northern Oriole. 



9 9 Typical of northern race. 

 Oriolus flavocinctiis. Yellow Oriole. 



d See former remarks, Etnit xviii., p. 188. 

 Sphecotheres flariventris. Yellow-bellied Fig-Bird. 



d Typical. 

 Corvus cecilcr. Crow. 



d It seems a very far cry from Nullarbor Plains, Southern 

 Australia, to Groote Eylandt, in the Northern Territory. A^et 

 Crows respectively collected at these localities by Messrs. F. L. 

 Whitlock and W. McLennan are visually apparently similar. 

 Cracticus nigrogularis picatiis. Pied Butcher-Bird. 



d d Imm. The innnature si)ecimen shows brownish instead 

 of the black portions of plumage, especially on the throat and 

 chest (date when taken, 5/5/21). 

 Gynmorhina tibiccn cylandicnsis (H. L. White)*. 



d 9 and d d Imm. The old pair is exceedingly handsome and 

 distinctive in their newly moulted i)lumage. There is a bluish- 

 black sheen about the blacks, especially on the mantle of the 

 male, while the whites are the purest. The two immature males 

 are in mottled brown and blackish i)lumage. except the white 

 upper tail coverts and white ]K)rtions of tail. 



* Mr. H. L. White has more fully described the.se specimens on a 

 former page of this issue, p. 163 



