Vol. IX. 



1909 



] Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Australia. 57 



Falco lunulatus (Little Falcon). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 277. 



Female. 10/2/09. 



Bill blue-grey, tip blackish-brown ; eyes dark brown, orbits 

 blue-grey ; feet and tarsi pale yellow. 



The stomach contained a quantity of feathers and bones, also 

 fragments of insects. 



NiNOX OCELLATA (Marbled Owl). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 285. 



Two females. 17/2/09. 



Bill and cere blue-grey, base of culmen and base of lower 

 mandible yellow ; eyes yellow ; feet blue-grey. 



The stomach contained fragments of grasshoppers, dragon- 

 flies, and beetles. 



Trichoglossus rubritorques (Red-collared Lorikeet). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 303. 



Two males. 5/12/08. 



Bill red ; eyes reddish-brown ; feet and tarsi olive-brown. 



The stomach contained some honey and fragments of flowers. 



Cacatua gymnopis (Bare-eyed Cockatoo). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 322. 



Female. 23/11/08. 



Bill greyish-white ; eyes brown, bare skin leaden-blue ; feet 

 and tarsi brown. 



Stomach contained some small stones, but no food. 



I have compared this bird with the type at the British 

 Museum. 



Ptistes COCCINEOPTERUS (Crimson-winged Lory). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 331 a. 



Adult and immature males. 21/11/08. 



Bill red, tip of upper and all lower mandible very light red ; 

 eyes brown in young, light red in adult ; feet and tarsi leaden- 

 brown. 



The stomach contained fragments and the crop whole seeds 

 of a small berry. 



iEGOTHELES RUFA (Rufous Owlet-Nightjar). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 380. 



Female. 18/ 1/09. 



Bill brown, lower mandible greyish-white ; eyes reddish- 

 brown ; feet and tarsi yellowish-white. 



The stomach contained fragments of beetles. 



This specimen is a little redder than the bird obtained at 

 Alexandra, which was a male. 



