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♦Rhipldura motacilloides. Black-and-White Fantail. 

 ■\Leiicocirca tricolor picata. 



Pera Head, a/j/^S- — A few noted. Morninglon Island, 30/7/15.— 

 Xumerous about the mission station ^Nlacarthur River, 7/8/15 ; 

 Maria Island, 19/8/15 ; Bickerton Island, 23/8/15 ; Cape Barrow, 

 25/8/15; Cape Shield, 28/8/15; Port Bradshaw, "1/9/15 ; Goyder 

 River, 8/9/15 ; Glyde River, 11/9/15 ; and Liverpool River, 21/9/15. 

 —Noted at all localities. Kinsj; River. — Numerous in the forest 

 country and on river flats till December, when all disappeared. 

 Roper River. — Numerous along the river above the limit of man- 

 groves Maria Island, 1 3/4/16. — A few observed. 



Stomach, insect remains. 



*[']yiyiagra concinna. Blue Fantail. 

 Myiagra rubecula concinna. 



King River. — Occasionally seen in [(jrest countrv and mangroves. 

 Liverpool River Island, 27/1/16 — A cou})lc noted ; one seen building 

 in scrub. Port Bradshaw, 5/2/16. — An occasional bird nntcd. 



Stomach, insect remains. 



Myiagra latirostris. Broad-billed Flycatcher. 

 Myiagra latirostris latirostris. 



Roper River, 24/3/16. — Pair noted in mangroves. 



*tPiezorhynchus nitidus. Shining Flycatcher 

 Piezorhynchtis alecto nitidus. 



Macarthur River, 7/8/15; Bickerton Island, 23/8/15; Goyder 

 River, 7/c;/i5 ; Glyde River, 1 1/9/15 ; and Liverpool River, 19/9/15. 

 — Calling in mangroves King River. — Numerous along river and 

 mangrove creeks. (Refer notes 28/11/15, 9, 20, and 22/12/15, 20, 

 21, 23, and 24/1/16 ; see narrative.) Howard Island Channel, 

 31/1/16. — Heard in mangroves. Roper River. 17 and 18/2/ 16. — 

 In the mangroves. 10/3/16 — Nest found containing two hard-set 

 eggs. 



Stomach, insect remains. 



Piezorhynchus wardelli. Long-billed Shining Flycatcher. 

 Piezorhynchns alecto wardelli. 



Little Archer River, 7/7/15. — Occasionally noted along the man- 

 grove channels. 



*Graucalus melanops. Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike. 



Coraciiia novcehollandits subpallida. 



Mornington Island, 23/7/15. — Pair noted. 30/7/15. — Fairly numer- 

 ous about mission station. Maria Island, 20/8/15.- — A couple seen. 

 Cape Shield, 28/8/15 ; Port Bradshaw, 1/9/15 ; Glyde River, 11/9/15 ; 

 and Liverpool River, 21/9/15. — A few birds seen at each place. King 

 River. — Occasionally met in forest country and in mangroves. 

 29/12/15. — -A pair of birds selecting a nesting-site. Roper River. — 

 Noted ic; and 27/2/16. 



Stomach, remains of beetles, seeds of iruit. Small worms in 

 nictitating membrane. Large tape-worms in the intestines. 



*tGraucalus hypoleucus. White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike. 



Coracina hypoleuca hypoleuca. 



King River. — Occasionally met with in forest country and in man- 

 groves. 5/1/16. — Nest containing two eggs found. 



Stomach, insect remains. Worms under skin of thighs. 



