Vol. II, 

 1902 



1 Hall, Notes on Bird-Skins from N. IV. Australia. ^ I 



55. PODARGUS PHALzENOIDES (Gould), Freckled Frogmouth. 



Podargus phalcenoides^ Gould, Birds Aust, fol., vol. ii., pi. 9 (1848) ; 

 Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xvi., p. 634 (1892). 



Adult male, 1 3/1/00. 



56. Merops ORNATUS (Latham), Bee-eater. 



Merops ornatiis, Gould, Birds Aust, fol., vol. ii., pi. 16 (1848) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xvii., p. 74 (1892). 



Adult male, 8/2/00. 



In the East this bird is strongly migratory, as far as may 

 refer to north and south in Australia. I saw at Perth and 

 Geraldton nesting birds in the November previous (1899). 

 Would they have gone north over the great summertime desert 

 during the first week in February .? In February of the same 

 year (1900) I saw in Victoria large flocks. These latter went 

 north soon after. 



[There have been a few Bee-eaters here throughout the year, 

 but they have increased greatly during the past month or two 

 (April and May). At the present time (21/7/00) they are in 

 small flocks, and very plentiful. They have been noted to roost 

 in bunches like Wood-Swallows — remarkable. During March, 

 1900 (19th), I watched one with a grasshopper in its bill. It 

 was beating it upon a limb, first to one side then to the other, 

 and swaying its own body in the process — beat and sway, from 

 side to side, for some minutes.] 



57. Cracticus PICATUS, Gould (sub-species C. nigrogularis), 



Pied Butcher-Bird. 



Cracticus picatus, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 50 (1848) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 96(1883). 



Adult male, 26/5/01. 



58. Lalage tricolor (Swainson), White-shouldered Cater- 



pillar-eater. 



Campephai;a lue/ncra/is, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 63 (1848). 

 Lalage tricolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. iv. , p. 92 (1879). 



a. Adult female, 20/1 i/oi. 



b. Nestling, 1 5/5/01. 



c. Immature male, not dated. 



d. Immature male, 21/5/00. 



e. Immature male, 18/11/01. 

 /. Adult male, lo/ii/oi. 



Specimens c \.o f show an interesting series of change of 

 plumage from youth to maturity. Specimen b is still in its 

 nestling garb. 



Nestling. — The under surface boldly shows longitudinal streaks 

 and faint bars upon the flanks. The upper surface, less the rump, 

 shows conspicuous broad marks of blackish-brown and white, the 

 blackish-brown marks being subterminal and the white marks 



