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No. 7. Calyptorhynchus macrorhynchus (Great-billed Black 



Cockatoo). 



Calyptorhynchus rtiacrorhynchus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc.> 

 1842, p. 1.38 ; id., Bds. Austr., fol., vol. V., pi. 8 (1848) ; Salvad., 

 Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus,, vol. XX., p. 110 (1891). 



Total Length. Wing. Tail. 



Female, imm. sk. 22 in. 16-5 11-8 



Female, imm. sk. 22 in. 16*2 11*7 



Two immature females. Camp about five miles from the 

 junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. In addition to 

 the difference in size, the females of this species may be dis- 

 tinguished from those of C. hanksi and C. stellatus by the greater 

 extent of yellow in the cross-bars on the tail. 



[These birds were first observed at Mullawa, and were sub- 

 sequently seen on several occasions as they passed overhead, but 

 at the Fitzroy River they were very numerous. During December 

 they came in large flocks to a small lagoon near our camp, just 

 before sunset and in the early morning. They spent some time 

 on the ground after satisfying their thirst, during which they 

 appeared to be feeding on the bulbs of a species of water-lily. 

 Young birds were taken by the natives from the spouts of the 

 eucalyptus on the Margaret River early in November.] 



No. 8. Spathopterus alexandr^e (Princess of Wales' 

 Parrakeet). 



Polytelis alexandrcEj Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 232. 



Polytelis alexandrce, Gould, Suppl. Bds. Austr., pi. 62 (1869); 

 Salvad., Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. XX., p. 479 (1891); North, 

 Rec. Austr. Mus., vol. II., p. 19, pi. 2., tig. 5 (1892); Sclater, 

 List Vert. Anim. Zool. Gard., 9th ed., p. 358 (1896). 



Spathopterus alexaiidrce, North, Ibis, p. 339 (1895); Spencer, 

 Horn Exped. Centr. Austr., part 1 Narr. pp. 100, 147 (1896); 

 North and Keartl., op. cit., pt. 2, Zool., p. 69, pi. 5 (1896). 



A female, obtained two miles S.W. of Johanna Springs. Speci- 

 mens were also procured N.W. of Mount Bates, before the party 

 separated, but were left in the desert when the collections were 

 abandoned. It is interesting to extend the range of this beauti- 

 ful Parrakeet to West Australia. 



[On the flying trip made by Messrs. L. A. Wells and G. L; 

 Jones during August they found numbers of these birds about 

 one hundred miles North-East of Mount Bates, and on several 

 subsequent occasions, but when we traversed the same track 

 about five weeks later I only saw them twice, and succeeded in 

 shooting one pair. Again in April a pair were seen within twa 

 miles of Johanna Springs, and several days later a flock of about 

 20 was noted in the same neighbourhood. They appear to be 



