Vol. Ill 

 1903 



Hall, The Plumage Phases of Ptilotis leucotis. A c 



Throat, centre as in b, sides brownish, black being new feathers ; 

 ear coverts white, flushed with yellow ; crown and upper surface 

 as with b ; superciliary stripe and lores brownish-black ; margins 

 of tail feathers less yellow than in b ; under surface of body more 

 yellow than in b, and much less yellow than in adult. Total 

 length, 7 inches ; wing, 3.06 inches ; tail, 3.25 inches ; culmen, 

 0.5 inch ; tarsus, 0.95 inch. 



Specimen d. — Juvenile male, Box Hill, Victoria, March, 1900. 

 Throat and chest as in b ; ear coverts white, very faintly washed 

 with yellow ; superciliary stripe and lores brownish-black ; crown 

 and upper surface very much as in b and c. Total length, 7.15 

 inches ; wing, 3.35 inches ; tail, 3.5 inches ; culmen, 0.5 inch ; 

 tarsus, 0.85 inch. 



Specimen c. — Juvenile male, Melbourne, Victoria, 12/4/98. 

 Whole of throat, chest, and superciliary stripe nearly as black 

 as in adult ; ear coverts pure white ; forehead dull yellowish-olive 

 as in younger stages, while the crown and occiput are moulting 

 in favour of the grey of the adult ; remainder of upper and under 

 surfaces as in adult. Total length, 7.75 inches ; wing, ^.j inches ; 

 tail, 3.6 inches ; tarsus, 0.9 inch ; culmen, 0.55 inch. 



Specimen /. — Juvenile female, Box Hill, Victoria, 10/4/01. 

 A moult of the olive-like feathers of forehead and crown in 

 favour of the grey of the adult is very distinct. About half of 

 the old feathers persist in irregular patches, while the greys are 

 also irregularly scattered. No colour change is noticeable. Total 

 length, 7.5 inches ; wing, t,.t, inches ; tail, 3.65 inches ; tarsus, 

 0.9 inch ; culmen, 0.5 inch. 



Specimen g\ — Adult male, Box Hill, Victoria, 17/7/96. 

 Example giving largest measurements. Total length, 9 inches ; 

 wing, 4.05 inches ; tail, 4.3 inches ; tarsus, 1 inch ; culmen, 0.5 

 inch. 



Specimen g 1 . — Adult male, Heytesbury, Victoria, 5/8/96 {per 

 Mr. George Graham). 



Example giving smallest measurements. Total length, 7.5 

 inches ; wing, 3.2 inches ; tail, 3.45 inches ; tarsus, 0.85 inch ; 

 culmen, 0.5 inch. 



Specimen h. — Adult female, date uncertain, Oakleigh, Victoria. 

 Small-sized female. Total length, 6.9 inches ; wing, 3 inches ; 

 tail, 3.3 inches ; tarsus, 0.9 inch ; culmen, 0.5 inch. 



A Trip to Oyster Cay, N. Queensland. 



By E. M. Cornwall, Cairns. 



On 15 th November a party of six left Cairns in the oil launch 

 Industry at 4.30 a.m. for Oyster Cay, Upolu Reef, and Green 

 Island, to inspect the marvellous bird colonies and coral reefs 

 of those places. As the almost full moon sank, a soft glow 

 proclaimed the coming dawn, and when day broke Green Island 



