174 Macgillin'rav, Nules on Some N . (Queensland Birds. [,^t ")„„ 



Mr. North refers it also to C. brunnea, and states that it does not 

 agree with the type of C. superciliosa. Masters, the latter bird having 

 a broad white eyebrow and being very distinct from my specimens. 

 Mr. Mathews refers my Cape York specimnes to C. superciliosa. If 

 that be correct, then the type skin must be abnormal, as my skins 

 do not show any white eyebrow, or, at any rate, no very distinct one ; 

 and, again, the female of C. brunnea is supposed to have a white 

 eyebrow. Mr. M'Lennan met with only the one species at Cape York 

 in the course of two years, and it is not likely that he could overlook 

 so conspicuous a bird if any other such existed there. Skins were 

 obtained at Paira, Peak Point, and on the Jardine River, all of the 

 same species, and several nests were found containing either young 

 birds or eggs. 



Colluricincla rufigaster. Rufous Shrike-Thrush. — Common in the 

 scrubs at Cape York, where its nests are frequently found. 



Grallina picata. Pied Grallina (Magpie-Lark). — Common through- 

 out the Gulf country, but only occasional at Cape York. 



Gymnorhina tibicen. Black-backed Magpie. — Common in the GuP 

 country. Not noted at Cape York. This Gulf bird is smaller than 

 southern birds, and has been separated by Mr. Mathews under the 

 sub-specific name terra-regina ("' Reference-list," p. 372). 



Cracticus quoyi. Black Butcher-Bird. — Common at Cape York, 

 where their association with the Manucode, first noted by Mr. H. 

 Barnard, has been amply confirmed by Mr. M'Lennan, as will be 

 seen in the notes on the latter bird. Towards one another the 

 attitude of these species seems to be one of armed neutrality, the 

 Manucode finding a certain amount of protection from being in the 

 neighbourhood of so warlike a bird, but at the same time keeping 

 a watchful eye upon its own eggs or callow young when the ally is 

 near. 



Cracticus nigrogularis. Black-throated Butcher-Bird. — Common 

 throughout the Gvilf country. A fawn-coloured bird was frequently 

 noted, probably one of the plumage changes towards maturity. 



cJ, irides brown, bill black at tip and rest horn colour, legs horn 

 colour. Stomach contents, beetles and grasshoppers. ^, juvenile, 

 irides light brown, bill blackish, legs greenish-horn colour. 



Cracticus mentalis. Black-bo.cked Butcher-Bird. — Mr. M'Lennan 

 found this small Butcher-Bird very numerous at Cape York between 

 the 16-mile point on the telegraph line and the Jardine River, where 

 several old nests were noted. Several nests were obtained by Mr. 

 Wheatley on the Batavia. 



cj irides dark brown ; bill, basal half light horn colour, rest black ; 

 legs greyish-black. $, irides dark brown ; bill, basal half light horn 

 colour, rest black ; legs slaty colour. Stomach contents in both, 

 beetles. Length in flesh, oj inches. 



Pachycephala melanura. Black-tailed Whistler. — When Mr. 

 M'Lennan was on Cairncross Island, in July, iqii, he observed a 

 yellow-breasted Whistler, which was probably this species. 



Pachycephala falcata. Northern Whistler. — Common throughout 

 the Gull countrv and also at Cape York. 



Neositta mortoni. ]\Iorton Tree-runner. — This is the common 

 Sitlella throughout the Gulf country, and will probably be found to 

 be identical with A'^. magnirostris of Ingram, described from a cattle 



