MELLOh'—l» tin- i'ine mid Mallee. 



SleiKlei--bi]le(i Tree-ninner [Xcosittd pileata tcnuirostris). 

 — Seen on sevevjil (Hcasioiis hi the pine country, where they 

 were flyin<2, in little coveys of Ave or six. On alighting, they 

 would carry onl their usual method of searching for food, by 

 circling around the trunks of the trees head downwards, and 

 on reaching iJic Ixdiimi. Ily away to another tree to 

 repeat the i)er1orman( c Tlun- nevei" go up the trunks. 



Southern Brown Treecreeper {XcocUiho piciotntd au.stniUs) . 

 — Very ooninion in the large mallee. where they were breeding 

 in the hollows, and Avere very noisy indeed. Their notes of "pink 

 pink pink" were lieard in all directions as the bii'ds hopped up 

 the tree trunks always in a circular motion. Should they 

 wish to keep out of sight they would pause on the farther side 

 of the tree for a minute or two, and then tly to another tree, 

 , kee{)ing it between them and the intruder. 



Southern White-browed Tree-creeper {CUmacteris ery- 

 throps parsonsi), sub-sp. nov. (Mellor, South Australian Orni- 

 thologist. Vol. l\., page 5). — This species which I have just 

 named after my friend and enthusiastic ornithologist, Mr. 

 Frank E. Parsons, of Adelaide. I found in the pine country 

 near the Victorian border. Only a pair was secured. They 

 are very silent compared with the forme]- species, but their 

 habits of searching out their food on the tree trunks are 

 similar. 1 was not surprised at finding them very 

 different from the white-bi-owed tree cree])er of Central 

 Australia seeing that the country they live in is so 

 different. Th*^ cooler and more fertile country doubtless 

 accounts for their larger and more robust form. 



Southej-n Striped Diamond Bird i Pardalotlnu.s striatus 

 suha]finis) . — Common in pairs and were nesting in the small 

 hollows of the mallee. their pretty oft repeated call of "chucky 

 chuck" being heard in every bit of mallee one came to. 

 They were well on with their breeding as every nest examined 

 had large young in it, and the parent birds were ever on the go 

 carrying food to their offspring. 



Mallee Brown Headed Honey-eater {Melithreptus atri- 

 capillus mallee). — Noted in the mallee country. 



Southern Striped Honey-eater (Plectorhjjncha lanccolata 

 neglecta). — Seen on several occasions in the mallee country 



