Vol. IX. 

 1909 



1 Mathews, On the Birds of Novth-West Australia. 65 



Chlamydodera NUCHALIS (Great Bower-B^d). 

 Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 863. 



Male and female. 2/12/08. 



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



The stomach of female contained berries and fragments of 

 insects ; that of the male one large spider. 



The Birds of the Alexandra District, Northern 



Territory.* 



By Gregory M. Mathews, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



The birds in the following pages were collected by Mr. W. 

 Stalker for Sir William Ingram, of London. Part 1. has already 

 appeared in The Ibis. 



The Ingram collection has now passed into my hands. The 

 present lot of birds was got at the same time as the others, but, 

 owing to their being overlooked for a year, and then no team 

 going from Alexandra for another year, they have only just 

 reached me. 



Mr. Stalker told me he thought there was a new Spoonbill, 

 something like Platalea regia, but the colour of the face was 

 different. As he has not put this colour on the label, I must 

 await his return from New Guinea for further particulars. 



The following is a list of the birds secured : — 



1. FULICA AUSTRALIS (Coot). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 64. 

 Male. 10/3/06. 



Eyes brick-red ; bill pale bluish-grey ; feet steel-grey. 

 Native name, " Hago-rag-a-rand." 



2. Hydrochelidon HYBRIDA (Marsh Tern). 



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

 One male and one of doubtful sex. 26/1/06. 

 Eyes brown ; feet bright red ; bill reddish-purple. 

 Native name, " Eerin-gerena." 



3. Erythrogonys CINCTUS (Red-kneed Dottrel). 



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

 Male and female. 2/2/06. 



Eyes brown ; feet black ; bill bright red, with the tip black. 

 These were a pair. 



4. LOBIVANELLUS MILES (Masked Plover). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 148. 

 Four females. 7/3/06. 



Eyes yellow ; feet bright red ; bill yellow to grey. 

 Native name, " Dardango." 



* Cf. Ibis, 1907, pp. 387-415. 



