14 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. [,2tMuiy 



feet and tarsi leaden-blue ; bill black, corner of mouth 

 yellow. 



The stomachs of all contained fragments of insects. 



Glycyphila FASCIATA (White-breasted Honey-eater). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 758. 



Two males and two females. Parry's Creek, 5/9/08. 

 Iris pale reddish-brown ; feet and legs very pale brown ; bill 

 brown, base of lower mandible light brown. 

 Very common where trees are blooming. 



CONOPOPHILA RUFIGULARIS (Red-throated Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 762. 



Three males and three females. Parry's Creek, 3-8/9/08. 



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

 half of lower mandible leaden-grey. 



Very common ; often seen in great numbers at a waterhole 

 and on flowering trees. Feeds largely on insects, which are 

 often taken on the wing, in the same manner as the Microsca. 

 Bathes while on the wing ; it usually chooses a spot where 

 a bush hangs over the water. The birds fly out a few yards 

 from the bush, flutter their wings in the water, and then fly 

 back and preen their feathers, repeating this many times. A 

 nest placed in a pendent branch of a bauhinia tree, 4 feet from 

 the ground, contained three eggs. 



Stigmatops ocularis (Brown Honey-eater). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 765. 



Six adult males and five females. Parry's Creek, 8/10/08. 



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

 of lower mandible pale brown. 



The stomach contained small insects, which might have been 

 native bees, and also beetles. 



Very common ; a great number of these birds were seen at a 

 small pool, bathing. 



Ptilotis sonora (Singing Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 772. 



Two males. Parry's Creek, November, 1908. 



Iris brown ; feet and tarsi pale leaden-blue ; bill black, with 

 corner of mouth yellow. 



The stomach contained fragments of a few insects and seeds 

 and skins of a small native berry. 



Ptilotis plumula (Yellow-fronted Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 787. 

 Three males, six females, and two of doubtful sex. Parry's 

 Creek, 23rd September, loth October, 1908. 



