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yellow in female ; eyes brown ; feet and tarsi black in male ; 

 feet blue, tarsi olive-brown in female. 



The stomach contained flies and other insects. 



CiSTlCOLA EXILIS (Grass-Warbler). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 552. 



Seven males. December, 1908. 



Bill — upper mandible brov/n, lower fleshy-white ; eyes brown ; 

 feet and tarsi yellowish-white. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects. 



These birds are the Cisticola ruficeps of Gould. 



Malurus CRUENTATUS (Red-backed Wren). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 608. 



Four males and two females. January, 1909. 



Bill brownish-black to brown ; eyes brown ; feet brown. 



The four males are in the change of plumage. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects. 

 Artamus leucogaster (White-rumped Wood-Swallow). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 624. 



Five adult males and two females and immature male and 

 female. All shot on 2/2/09. 



Bill blue, tip black; eyes dark brown; feet leaden-brown. 

 Immature : Bill — distal half blackish-brown, the remainder and 

 corner of mouth whitish ; eyes brown ; feet and legs blue-grey. 

 Artamus CINEREUS (Grey-breasted Wood-Swallow). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 629. 



Two adult males, one female, and one immature male. 

 26/12/08. 



Bill blue-grey, tip black ; eyes brown ; feet dark leaden-blue. 



Immature — Bill brown, cutting edges and corner of mouth 

 yellow ; -eyes dull brown ; feet brown. 



The stomach of the young bird contained fragments of soft- 

 bodied insects and pieces of egg-shell. The adults had been 

 feeding on insects. 

 Grallina PICATA (Magpie-Lark). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 646. 



Adult male and female and their three female offspring. 7/2/09 

 Adult male. 16/ 11/08. 



Bill whitish, culmen brown ; eyes yellow in adult, brown in 

 young ; feet and legs brown. 



The stomach contained caterpillars and fragments of insects. 



Pachycephala falcata (Northern Thickhead). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 672. 

 Eight adult males and two females and two immature males. 

 14/12/08. 



