56 Mathews, Oh the Birds of North-Wesl Auslyalia. \ ^J 



Emu 

 Oct. 



pale brown ; eyes brown ; feet and tarsi pale greyish- 

 brown. 



The stomach contained water-beetles and earthworms. 



Hydralector GALLINACEUS (Comb-crested Jacana). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 187. 



Three males and three females. January, 1909. 



Bill — tip brown, distal half black, base of lower mandible pale 

 yellow, base of upper mandible and comb pale red ; eyes pale 

 yellow, eyelashes blue ; feet and legs olive-brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects and sand. 



The females are very much larger than the males. 



Glareola ORIENTALIS (Oriental Pratincole). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 189. 



Three females. 22/1/09. 



Bill blackish-brown, basal halfof tomium and corner of mouth 

 red ; eyes dark brown ; feet and tarsi brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of grasshoppers. 



BURHINUS GRALLARIUS (Stone-Plover). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 190. 



Immature male. 19/12/08. 



Bill blackish-brown ; eyes mottled yellow and brown ; feet 

 leaden-brown ; legs grey. 



The stomach contained cockchafer and other beetles. 



NOTOPHOYX FLAVIROSTRIS (Pied Egret). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 206. 



Male and female. 30/12/08. 



Bill yellow ; lores mealy-brown ; eyes yellow, feet and legs 

 yellow. 



The stomach contained a few grasshoppers, water insects, and 

 grit. 



DUPETOR GOULDI (Yellow-necked Mangrove-Bittern). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 214. 



Male. 1 7/ 1 1/08. 



Culmen black, balance of upper mandible brown, lower 

 mandible and lores light brown ; eyes reddish-brown ; feet and 

 tarsi brown. 



The stomach contained a few fish. 



Falco HYPOLEUCUS (Grey Falcon). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 275. 



Adult male. 5/12/08. 



Bill blue-grey, tip of lower and distal half of upper mandible 

 leaden-brown ; eyes brown ; feet and tarsi bright yellow. 



The stomach contained a iew fragments and bones of birds. 



