62 Mathews, On the Birds of North-West Atistralia. f 



Emu 

 St Oct. 



Two of these males are very similar to P. rufive7itris, having 

 the black extending right to the bill and the breast very red. 



Bill black in male, reddish-brown in female ; eyes reddish- 

 brown ; feet and tarsi olive-brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects. 



Neositta LEUCOPTERA (White-winged Tree-runner). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 699. 



Male. 21/ 1/09. 



Bill yellow, tip black ; eyes and eyelashes yellow ; feet and 

 tarsi yellow. 



The stomach contained fragments of insects. 



Dictum hirundinaceum (Flower-pecker or Mistletoe-Bird). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 722. 

 Male. 15/12/08. 



Bill black ; eyes blackish-brown ; feet and tarsi black. 

 The stomach contained a few mistletoe berries. 



Pardalotus rubricatus (Red-browed Pardalote). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 728. 



Four adult males and two females and two immature males 

 and two females. January and February, 1909. 



Bill whitish, culmen brown ; eyes yellow ; feet and tarsi 

 leaden-grey. 



The stomach contained fragments of soft-bodied insects. 



Pardalotus UROPYGIALIS (Chesnut-rumped Pardalote). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 730. 



Three females. 21/ 1/08. 



Bill brown, base of upper and all lower mandible white ; eyes 

 brown ; feet and tarsi leaden-grey. 



The stomach contained fragments of small insects, 



Melithreptus albigularis (White-throated Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 734. 



Two males. 26/11/08. 



Bill black ; eyes reddish-brown ; feet and tarsi pale brown. 



The stomach contained fragments of soft-bodied insects. 



Melithreptus L/ETIOR (Golden-backed Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 738. 



Two males and two females. February, 1909. 



Bill black ; eyes brown, skin over the eye green washed with 

 yellow ; feet yellow ; tarsi pale yellow. 



The stomach contained fragments of small insects. 



CONOPOPHILA RUFIGULARIS (Red-throated Honey-eater). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 762. 

 Immature male and female. February, 1909. 



