54 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. fisf o"t. 



LOPHOPHAPS PLUMIFERA (Plumed-Pigeon). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 45. 



Male and female. 2/2/09. 



Bill black ; eyes yellow, naked skin red ; feet and tarsi dark 

 purple. 



The stomach contained seeds and grit, and the crop seeds. 



These birds resemble birds from the M'Donnell Ranges in 

 Central Australia in my collection. 



POLIOLIMNAS CINEREUS (White-browed Crake). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 56. 



Four males. 16/ 1/09. 



Bill olive-brown ; base red; eyes red; eyelashes red ; feet and 

 legs olive-brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects, caterpillars, 

 and seeds. 



PORPHYRIO BELLUS (Blue Bald-Coot). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 61. 



Male and female. 28/12/08. 



Bill and frontal plate red; eyes reddish; feet and legs 

 dusky-red. 



The stomach contained some blades of grass, green leaves, 

 and grit. 



PODICIPES NOV/E-HOLLANDizE (Black-throated Grebe). 

 Math., Handl, B. Austr., No. 65. 



Female. 16/ 1/09. 



Bill black, tip white ; skin and corner of mouth yellow, washed 

 with green ; eyes yellowish-brown; feet and tarsi olive-brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects and some small 

 shell-fish. • 



Hydrochelidon hybrida (Marsh Tern). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 119. 



Male and female. 10/2/09. 



Bill dusky-red ; base of upper mandible black, tinged with 

 red, in male ; upper mandible dusky-red, lower red, in female ; 

 eyes blackish-brown ; feet and legs red. 



The stomach of female contained a frog; that of the male 

 some large tadpoles, almost fully developed, and frogs, swallowed 

 whole. 



Erythrogonys cinctus (Red-kneed Dottrel). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 146. 



Five males and one female. January, 1909. 



Bill — tip and culmen and base of upper mandible black, the 

 remainder red ; eyes brown ; feet and tarsi leaden-blue, tinged 

 with red ; knees and tibijt red. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects and some grit. 



