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with cobwebs. The eggs are invariably two in number. The newly- 

 hatched young have the skin blue-black, with a trace of dark slaty 

 down on the head, back, femoral and humeral tracts. The sprouting 

 primaries also appear to be bluish-black, legs and feet slaty, bill 

 black, eyes just opening, gape pale yellow. There were a few in the 

 scrub on the Archer River. 



Monarcha leucotis {Carterovnis levicotis). — The White-eared Fly- 

 catcher is a rare bird in the extreme north. Though the type came 

 from Cape York, Mr. M'Lennan has only seen one specimen in that 

 locality. He noted one on the Pascoe River and one again on the 

 edge of the scrub on the Claudie. 



Monarcha carinata {Monavcha melanopsis melanopsis). — -Mr. 

 M'Lennan noted the Black-faced Flycatcher on the Claudie River on 

 the Tst October, but there was none there when we arrived. He 

 notes : — " They seem to come from the south in February and remain 

 for about two months, when they are numerous ; they then dis- 

 appear." 



Monarcha canescens (Monarcha melanopsis canescens). — Though 

 rare at Cape York, the Pearly Flycatcher is quite common on the 

 Claudie. Found both in the open forest and scrub, we frequently 

 watched it searching the trees over and about our camp for insect 

 life. On the 8th December one of these birds came into our tent on 

 Raine Island, but went on, and was soon lost sight of amongst the 

 host of sea-birds. 



Graucalus melanops (Covacina novcshollandia: connectens). — The 

 Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike was fairl}^ plentiful on the Archer River 

 during June. Mr. M'Lennan speaks of this bird as " plentiful at 

 Cape York during the winter months, leaving about September and 

 returning again at the beginning of the winter." We saw none on 

 the Claudie. 



Graucalus hypoleucus {Gvaucalus hypoleucus stalkeri). — White- 

 bellied Cuckoo-Shrikes frequent the open forest, where they are often 

 met with. One pair had a nest high up on the horizontal fork of a 

 slender gum quite near our camp. Two other nests were noted in 

 similar situations. Fairly plentiful on the Archer River. Mr. 

 M'Lennan states that this species is a resident one, and is common 

 all the year round. 



Graucalus lineatus (Paragraiicalus lineatus lineatus). — Mr. M'Lennan 

 noted Barred Cuckoo-Shrikes on the Pascoe River, where they were 

 feeding on fruiting trees at the edge of the scrub. 



Edoliisoma jardinii {Melagraucalus ienuirosins obscurus). — Great 

 Caterpillar-eaters were noted on several occasions on the Claudie in 

 open forest. According to Mr. M'Lennan, they are fairly common 

 at Cape York, but he saw very few on the Archer River. 



Campephaga leucomela {Kama leucomela yorki). — This species was 

 often noted in the trees b}^ our camp. At our top camp I watched 

 one for some time feeding on the berries of a small tree growing at 

 the end of our tent. A pair was frequently noted about our main 

 camp, and a nest found that had been blown out of one of the trees. 

 According to Mr. M'Lennan, these birds are resident in the north, 

 and are found in scrub, open forest, and mangroves in fair numbers: 

 He noted a few on the Archer River. 



