7 2 Descriptions of a New Xerophila and Acanthiza, W.A. \ f'T*} 



is not so dark in the female The buff colouring on portions of 

 the under surface of the latter is, however, richer, and encom- 

 passes more of the abdomen, than in the male. 



Locality. — Day Dawn, Murchison. 



Types in Western Australian Museum, Perth. 



From Magazines, &c. 



In The W o mbat (December, 1902) Mr. F. C. Belcher, of Geelong, 

 contributes numerous chatty field notes on birds observed during 

 a three days' holiday taken at the end of September in the wood- 

 lands south of his city. The usual familiar forest birds were met 

 with, but near Jan Juc, close to the edge of the coastal ranges, 

 the Whiteface {Xerophila leucopsis), a more inland species, was 



seen breeding. 



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AMONG the interesting additions to the Zoological Gardens 

 (London) were four hybrids between the Rosella and Pale-headed 

 Parrakeets (Platycercus eximius and P. pallidiceps) and two 

 hybrids between the Golden-shouldered and Many-coloured 

 Parrakeets (Psephotus chrysopterygius and P. multicolor). — Avic. 



Mag. (February, 1903). 



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Ornithological students will do well to consult The Avicul- 

 tural Magazine for March, 1903. It contains a concisely written 

 article (with plates) by Mr. W. P. Pycraft, M.B.O.U., &c, on 

 " The Topography of a Bird," with an up-to-date glossary. 

 Technical terms to a general reader are foolishness, but in a 

 scientific description of a bird are simply indispensable. 



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In part 3, vol. xxvii., Proceedings Linnean Society N.S.W. 

 (issued 1 6th December, 1902), Mr. A. J. North has furnished 

 descriptions of the nest and eggs of the scarce Buff-sided Robin 

 (Pcecilodryas cerviniventris) from the Northern Territory, from 

 specimens loaned by Mr. Charles French, jun., of Melbourne. 

 Similar specimens from the same locality were described by the 

 hon. sec. of the Aust. O.U. (Mr. D. Le Souef) in the October 

 (1902) number of the The Emu, vol. ii., p. 89. 



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lx The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of N.S.W., vol. 

 xxvii. (issued 17th October, 1902, page 207) Mr. A. J. 

 North, C.M.Z.S., has described the eggs of the Fly-catchers 

 Sisura nana* and Rhipidura dry as. He also contributes a 

 note on the Long-tailed Grass-Finch (Poephila acuticauda\ 

 pointing out that the species from Port Darwin and Wyndham 



* The description of this new egg has been anticipated by a few days only by Mr. 

 D. Le Souef — vide page 89 October part, vol. ii. 



