Vol. XIII. 

 1914 



1 Macgillivray, Notes on Some N. Queensland Birds. 175 



station a little westward of the Gulf country. Two sets of eggs were 

 taken by my nephew prior to Mr. M'Lennan's visit. 



cJ, irides yellow, bill yellow with black tip, legs yellow. Stomach 

 contents, small beetles and other insects. 9, similar in all respects 

 to the male, c^, juvenile, irides yellow ; bill brown at tip, yellow 

 at base ; legs yellow. 



Neositta striata. Striated Tree- runner. — -This is the Cape York 

 bird. It is more frequent down the telegraph line from the 16-mile 

 point to the Jardine River, in the tall bloodwood and stringy-bark 

 forest. 



5th March, 1911. — " c^, testes enlarged, irides yellow; bill yellow, 

 tip black ; legs yellow. Stomach contents, small beetles and other 

 insects." 



2nd May, iQii. — "9, ovary and oviduct much enlarged; irides 

 and eyelids bright yellow ; bill yellow, tip black ; legs bright sulphur- 

 yellow." 



Climacteris melanura. Black-tailed Tree-creeper. — Numerous 

 throughout the Gulf country, especially on river-fiats of the Leich- 

 hardt, which are clothed in bloodwood. wattle, bauhinia, and silver 

 box. A spring breeder. 



^, irides dark brown, bill and legs blackish-brown. Stomach 

 contents, small beetles, ants, and other insects. 



Zosterops albiventris. Pale-bellied White-eye. — A pair of these 

 birds was secured on Cairncross Island. They were numerous there, 

 and also on Wednesday Island, York Island, Darnley, and other of 

 the Torres Strait islands. " When at anchor off York Island the 

 singing of these birds seemed to come from some hundreds of throats." 



(^, testes normal ; length, 4}^ inches ; iris silvery-brown ; upper 

 mandible black, tip of lower mandible black, rest greyish-black ; legs 

 bluish-grey. Stomach contents, fruit juices and insects. 



Zosterops gulliveri. Golden White-eye. — Numerous in the man- 

 groves along the Norman River. One pair was obtained on the 

 Leichhardt River, and another pair near Burketown. 



(J, testes normal ; irides yellowish-brown ; bill, upper mandible 

 brown, lower mandible horn colour ; legs dark slate. Stomach 

 contents, small insects. 



Differs but little from Z. lutea. 



Dicaeum hirundinaceum. Mistletoe-Bird. — Common in the Gulf 

 country and at Cape York. 



Pardalotus rubricatus. Red-browed Pardalote. — Numerous through- 

 out the Gulf country, and on the Jardine River, on the Cape York 

 Peninsula. 



When camped at Sedan several banks where they nested in com- 

 pany with P. uropygialis were examined. One contained five burrows 

 of P. rubricatus and seven of P. uropygialis, another five of P. 

 uropygialis and three of P. rubricatus. Still another contained 26 

 burrows, 18 being those of P. uropygialis and eight of P. rubricatus. 

 The birds were at these burrows on the loth February, but no com- 

 pleted clutches were found until the 25 th March. On the Leich- 

 hardt a Red-browed Pardalote was flushed from its burrow, containing 

 a nearly completed nest, on the i6th Tune. Both this species and 

 P. uyopygialis from the Gulf country are paler in colour than those 

 from the Jardine River. 



