13 Mathews, On the Birds of North-lVest Australia. [,3^X1, 



snapping as they caught the insects. They have a short, 

 squeaky call when feeding. 



Artamus CINEREUS (Grey-breasted Wood -Swallow). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 629. 



Five adult males and four females. Parry's Creek, 14th and 

 23rd October, 1908. 



Eyes brown ; feet and tarsi leaden-brown ; bill pale blue-grey, 

 tip black. 



The stomach contained insects and the flesh and seeds of the 

 cultivated fig. 



Very common on the plains where there are a few scattered 

 trees. Never found in dense scrub. 



The heads have pollen on them. 



COLLYRIOCICHLA BRUNNEA (Brown Shrike-Thrush). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 638. 



Two males and two females. Parry's Creek, 13-29/8/08. 



Iris reddish-brown ; feet and legs leaden-brown ; bill black in 

 male, pale grey in female. 



Common in the scrub country, and a few seen along the 

 creeks. 



Grallina picata (Magpie-Lark), 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 646. 



Female. Parry's Creek, October, 1908. 



Iris very pale yellow ; feet black, tarsi blackish-brown ; 

 bill — lids of nostril and distal ^ of culmen brown, balance of 

 bill white. 



The stomach contained fragments of grasshoppers and other 

 insects. 



Pachycephala falcata (Northern Thickhead). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 672. 



Six adult males and seven females. Parry's Creek, ist, 2nd, 

 3rd, and 9th September and 4th and 6th November, 1908. 



Iris dark reddish-brown ; feet and legs leaden-grey or brown ; 

 bill black in male, and brown with base of lower mandible fleshy- 

 grey in female. 



Common along the creeks, and also found in the gullies away 

 from the creeks, in patches of scrub. Has a clear, loud whistle, 

 not unlike one call of CollyriocicJila brwinea. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects and a quantity of 

 green vegetable matter. 



Neositta leucoptera (White-winged Tree-runner). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 699. 

 Five males, two females, and one of doubtful sex. Parry's 

 Creek, November, 1908. 



