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A List of Birds Collected by the Writer 

 IN Western Australia during the Last 

 Fortnight of August, 1901, ^with Notes 

 Thereon. 



By Edwin Ashby. 



[Read October 1, 1901.] 



{The numbers in brackets supj^ly the references to the species hi 

 ''Gould's Handbook.'') 



NiNOX BOOBOOK, Lath. (Boobook Owl), [36]. 



Locality. — Bayswater, near Perth. 



One male. The coloration is much darker than any specimen 

 of this species I have seen in S.A. collections. The usual spotting 

 is almost entirely absent, and the tail is not barred. 



Cheramceca leucosterna, Gld. (White-breasted Swallow), [57]. 



Locality. — Kanowna, W.A. 



Nine birds came out of one hole made in the side of the dig- 

 gers' pits. Probably they had thus congregated together for 

 warmth. 



Artamus sordidus, Lath. (Dusky Wood Swallow), [73]. 



Locality. — Speakmans. 



Pardalotus ornatus, Temm. (Striated Diamond Bird), [84]. 



Locality. — Speakmans Very numerous. 



Strepera plumbea, Gld. (Leaden Crow Shrike). 



Locality. — Speakmans. 



Cracticus nigroqularis, Gld, (Black-throated Crow Shrike),. 



[95 1- 



Locality. — Speakmans. Numerous. 



Cracticus destructor, Temm. (Collard Crow Shrike), [99]. 



Graucalus melanop^, Lath. [Black-faced Graucalus), [103]. 



Pteropodocys phasianella, Gld. (Ground Graucalus), [108]. 



A flock of these birds were about the locality of Speakmans 

 for one day — none noted afterwards. The notes of these birds 

 are most striking, loud cries being uttered while the birds are 

 flying. I did not observe them settle on the ground, once 

 only in the Eucalyptus trees. 



Pachycephala rufiventris. Lath. [116]. 



One female from Guilford, near Perth. This specimen differs 

 in several minor details from any South Australian skins of 

 P. rufiventris, Lath., I have been able to compare it with. 



