^°iQo<^' 1 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. J 



The stomach contained a lizard 8 inches long. 

 A few distributed along the creek. 



Halcyon sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 391. 



Three adult males and four females. Parry's Creek, 10/10/08. 



Eyes brown in male, blackish-brown in female ; feet and 

 tarsi brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible fleshy-white. 



The stomach of all contained cockchafer beetles, and two had 

 remains of a small lizard. 



Fairly numerous on the timbered flats and creeks. 



Cypselus pacificus (White-rumped Swift). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 403. 



Sex? Parry's Creek, October, 1908. 



Iris black ; feet blackish-brown ; bill black. 



The stomach contained a quantity of insects, a number of 

 which were not broken. 



CUCULUS INORNATUS (Pallid Cuckoo). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 405. 



Male and female. Parry's Creek, 9/1 1/08. 



Iris — male, brown, eyelid yellow ; female, grey, with narrow 

 inner ring of brown ; feet and tarsi olive-brown ; bill brown, 

 base of lower mandible olive, corner of mouth yellow. 



The stomach contained hairy caterpillars and fragments of 

 other insects, and white seeds the size of AA shot. 



The above specimens were the second ones seen. 



Cacomantis rufulus (Fan-tailed Cuckoo). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 406. 



Male. Parry's Creek, 9/9/08. Three males. Parry's Creek, 

 11/11/08. 



Iris reddish-brown ; feet pale olive-yellow ; bill black, lower 

 mandible brown. 



The stomach contained hairy caterpillars. 



Heard this bird call for the first time on 19th August. They 

 were common on the 3rd November. They leave this part of 

 the country in March. 



Mesocalius palliolatus (Black-ieared Cuckoo). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 409. 



Three males and three females. Parry's Creek, November, 

 1908. 



Iris brown ; feet and tarsi leaden-brown ; bill black. 



The stomachs contained hairy caterpillars, and that of one 

 of the females seeds of the fig. 



Seen for the first time on 2nd November. On the 14th 

 November they were common. Never saw so many in one place 

 before. These birds leave this part of the country in March. 



