10 iJELLOR — DeHCi^tivit <,j New Wre) 



Description of New Wren. 

 By J. W. Mellor, R.A.O.U. 



Eyre Peninsula Che.stnut-shonldered ^V^en (Ijrgfjeoruit 

 lamberii cyrci) Siib.-Sp. Nov. i Mellor). 



Type locality — AVarunda Creek. Eyre Peninsula, S.A. 

 Uth October. 19(1!). 



This recording of a new vvieii for Eyre Peninsula. S.A., is 

 but an illustration of the absolute necessity of securing speci- 

 tnens for compvarison from different districts, and not trusting 

 to ihe eyesight while the bird-; are "on the wing.'' Tli<' sueties 

 under considcialion bas been erroneously set down by Mr. 

 Robert Hall as .1/. Jnmhcrli a.sslmili.s in Ills list of birds ideal i- 

 fled on Eyie ] eninsula during the camp-out at Wai-uuda 

 Creek, in connection with the 9th Congress of the Koyai Austra- 

 lian Ornithologists' Union, October, 1909, the identiticatiou 

 having been hurriedly made from an immature male. L>ut in a 

 recent and more careful examination of two males secured by 

 me on that occasion, and on comparison with other members of 

 the .l/a/(rr/. 1 find that the Eyre Peninsula bird is (piite dilV 

 erent from othei* s})ecies, it appealing to be a connecting link 

 between Leggecniis laiiiherti assiiiiilis, of !-5outh Australia, and 

 Lcf/f/rornis clcf/fniH of Western Australia, inasmuch as th<^ 

 up}>er surface corresponds exactly with the former, and the un 

 der surface with the latter species, the distingiiishing part being 

 the throat and chest, which, instead of being black as in Legge- 

 ornin hnuhrrfi assiwilis. has a decided dai-k blue tinge over the 

 feathers. This is seen to advantage wlien held in certain lights, 

 it being more nearly allied to lawhcrti. I propose the sub-spe 

 cific name of Lci/g'ornis hinihrrti rjjrei. It is a tine, robust bird, 

 the measurements in inches of the type s])ecimen, whicb is in niy 

 collection, being— Total length. 5.50; Tail, 2.73; Wing, 1.91: 

 Bill, 0.40; Tarsus, .85. 



Bird Notes from the Lake Frome District 

 of South Austrah'a. 



—By J. Neil McGilp, K.A.O.U.— 

 On the 24tb Jul v. 1920. I visited Moolawatana Stati<ni. 

 situated on the North-western shores of Lake Frome. This lake 

 is a lariT'e salt-basin, and only contains water after very heavy 

 rain, but at the tiitu* of my visit had been dry for three years, 



