(JDffinal ©rgan oi the ^uetralasian ODrnith^logists' Enion. 



"Bir^s of 2i fcattjcr.' 



Vol. IX.] 1ST OCTOBER, 1909. [Part 2. 



On the Birds of Norths West Australia. 

 By Gregory M. Mathews, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



With Field Notes by the Collector, J. P. Rogers. 



Part II. — Birds from Wyndham {continued). 



Syncecus SORDIDUS (Sombre Brown Quail). 

 Mathews, Handl. B. Austr., No. 12. 



Female. 22/1/09. 



Bill leaden-blue ; culmen brown ; eyes red ; feet and tarsi 

 yellow. 



The stomach contained some green seeds and grit. The crop 

 contained green leaves and seeds. 



TURNIX MACULOSA (Red-backed Quail). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 15. 



Male and female. January, 1909. 



Bill yellow, distal \ brown ; eyes of male white, female greyish- 

 brown ; feet and tarsi dull yellow. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects, seeds, and grit. 



TURNix pyrrhothorax (Red-chested Quail). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 20. 



Male and two females. 4/2/09. 



Bill blue-grey, culmen brown ; eyes yellowish-white ; feet and 

 tarsi fleshy-white. 



TURNix VELOX (Little Quail). 



Math., Handl, B. Austr., No. 21. 



Male. 4/2/09. 



Culmen brown, remainder of bill greyish-white; eyes yellowish- 

 white ; feet and tarsi fleshy-white. 



The stomach contained grass seeds and a little grit. 



Geopelia humeralis (Barred-shouldered Dove). 

 Math. Handl. B. Austr., No. 3.3. 



Male. 10/2/09. 



Bill blue-grey, tip whitish ; eyes yellow ; feet and tarsi 

 pink-red. 



The stomach contained small seeds and grit. 



