Vol. IX, 



1909 



1 Mathews, Birds of the Alexandra District, N .T. 6q 



30. Gymnorhina tibicen (Black-backed Magpie). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 647. 



F'emale. 30/4/06. 



Eyes hazel ; feet dark blue ; bill blue-grey, tip darker. 



31. Cracticus pic atus (Pied Butcher-Bird). 



Math., Handl. B. .^ustr., No. 655. 

 Male. Upper Playford River, 17/3/06. 

 Eyes brown ; feet dark grey ; bill pale grey-blue, tip black. 



32. Pachycephala rufiventris (Rufous-breasted Thickhead). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 674. 

 Sex ? 26/1/06. 



Eyes brown ; feet and bill black. 

 [Native name, " Doing-go."] 



33. Climacteris melanura (Black-tailed Tree-creeper). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 701. 



Female. Cliff Creek, 28/3/06. 

 Eyes brown ; bill and feet black. 



[These birds feed on a species of small black ant, catching 

 them on the trees.] 



34. Dic.EUM HIRUNDINACEUM (Mistletoe-Bird). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 723. 



Male. 8/5/06. 



Eyes brown ; feet black ; bill black. 



[This bird was feeding on mistletoe fruit. The intestines were 

 short and large, apparently to allow for the passage of the large 

 seed, which retains much of the sticky covering. Native name, 

 " Chi-chi."] 



35. MUNIA PECTORALIS (White-breasted Finch). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No, 836. 

 Male. Bore Creek, February, 1906. 

 Feet brown ; bill dark blue. 



36. CORVUS BENNETTI (Small-billed Crow). 



Math., Handl. B. Austr., No. 873. 

 Male. November, 1905. 

 Eyes white ; feet and bill black. 



The British Ornithologists' Union.— The latest Aus- 

 tralian to join this venerable ornithologists' association is Mr. 

 H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone (N.S.W.) 



Ground-Parrakeet {Pezopoms formosus). — This rare bird 

 has lately been noted at Lake Connewarre, Jan Juc, and 

 Shad well Park, Victoria.— A. J. C. 1/8/09. 



