'34 ZIETZ — Aphelocfiphida nigricintn. 



\\ I>iiiiionl:ili, as elsewhere in the tri]). Honey-eaters were 

 \er_v scjiice. Willi Ihe exception of tlie nbiqnitous Yellow- 

 throah'd .Minali, Ihe (Jreenie. and an occasional Black and 

 Spincy-cliccked Honey-eater, Ihis family was \'ery poorly rej»re- 

 sented. The Spoonhills' nesis were lined with \x,\\\\\ leaves, the 

 Kites' nesls ajiiK'ared to have a layer of dried cow nnmnre, and 

 Whistliiifi' Eao'ies' always have s^nni leaves as a lininy. Other 

 birds note<l hei-e were Ked-crowned I'abhlers, Zebra Finches- 

 very ])lentifnl — Campephai-as — also ])lentiful — Galahs. Uare- 

 eyed Cockatoos, Ked-iored Pardalotes. Red-backed Kinf>tishers, 

 llee-eaiers and Narrow-billed lironze Cnckoos. 



On Tnesday. 2Sih, we noted a nest of the Little Grass Tlird. 

 with fonr incnbated eiigs. Many Straw-neclced Ibis were seen, 

 bnt none were nestin«>' 'w^^vc A ])air of Broliias was met with 

 also. Next day We left Bamonlah for P»il]»a waterholes. and 

 after a tedious jonrney, reached onr camp beside a fine sheet of 

 watei' of consideiable de]»tli. On the way I noted a pair of 

 While rnmiHMl Wood Swallows :ii |)Ossession of a deserted Mag- 

 pie's nest. 



Aphelocephala nigricinta. 



— r.v F. R. Zietz, R.A.O.T ^ - 



I Contribntion from the S.A. ^Nfnsenmi. 



Abont the middle of last May, the ^fnsenm i-eceived from 

 Mr. .1. Neil McOil]) two nestlings of rhe above bird, which were 

 taken bv him ont of a nest at Moolawatana. It is interesting 

 to nolc 1liat. alihongh these birds had not yet left the nest, 

 their colonr and markings, inclnding the black ])ectoral band, 

 are similar to those of the adnlt. 



The following are the measurements of one of the yonng 

 birds in Ihe llcsh, with those of the skin of an adnlt for coiniiari- 

 son — 



Total length 7(» m.m. !)4 m.m. 



Tail lf» ra.xn. P.8 m.m. 



^Yiiio- 41..") m.m. 5.5 m.m. 



'I'jii'sns IT 111111- IT vi\.m. 



<^nlmen fi,."; m.m. m.m. 



