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] Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. 1 3 



Iris yellow, with pale yellow eyelid ; feet and tarsi yellow ; 

 bill yellow, with tip brownish-black. 



The stomach contained fragments of small insects and in one 

 male beetles as well. 



Pardalotus RUBRICATUS (Red-browed Pardalote). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 728. 



Adult male and immature male and female. Parry's Creek, 

 November, 1908. 



Iris pale yellow in adult male ; in immature male and female 

 pale yellow, shading to greyish-yellow on outer edge ; feet and 

 tarsi — adult male pale leaden-grey; immature male and 

 female pale leaden-blue ; bill — adult male, culmen brown, 

 balance white ; immature male and female, upper mandible 

 brown, with basal half of cutting edge of upper and all lower 

 white. 



The stomachs contained — adult male, 3 small white grubs 

 and fragments of small insects ; immature male and female, 

 fragments of small insects. 



Pardalotus uropygialis (Chestnut-rumped Pardalote). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 730. 



Four adult males and three females, immature male, and two 

 young. Parry's Creek, September, 1908. 



Iris pale brown ; feet and legs leaden-grey; bill brown, lower 

 mandible fleshy-white. 



They live in the eucalyptus trees, and are difficult to see. 



The stomach contained small white grubs. 



The tunnel was 2 feet long, and the nest, placed at the end, 

 measured — outside, 5 inches x 5 inches x 2^ inches deep ; 

 inside, 23^ inches x 2^ inches x i^s inches deep. 



Melithreptus ALBIgularis (White-throated Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 734. 



Adult male and female, two immature males and four females, 

 and one of doubtful sex. 



Iris reddish-brown ; bare skin round the eye grey-blue ; feet 

 and tarsi brown ; bill — black in adults ; blackish-brown, base 

 of lower mandible yellow, corner of mouth creamy-white in 

 immature. 



The stomach contained a few insects and some pulp, but 

 I could not determine if animal or vegetable. 



Myzomela PECTORALIS (Banded Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 749. 



Two adult males and one female, one immature male and 

 two females. Parry's Creek, 28/9/08. 



The immature of both sexes have a yellow wash below 

 the eye, more pronounced in the female. Eyes dark brown; 



