Vol. XVI. 



1917 



] i^SHBY, Collecting Trip in Lower North of S. A. 233 



Epthianura aurifrons. Gould.— A few small flocks were seen on the 

 samphire flats near Port Pirie, but this species was much more 

 numerous near Nackara, the other side of the Flinders Range. 



Epthianura albifrons. — Numerous almost everywhere. 



Epthianura tricolor. — Three specimens seen near Nackara, but they 

 were very shy. and none was obtained. 



Pachycephala rufiventris.— Several noted near Port Germein ; one 

 specimen was obtained. 



Pachycephala gilberti {Gilbertornis rufrgularis gilberti, Gld.) In the 



mallee on the east side of Flinders Range, near Dawson, they were 

 quite numerous. The specimen obtained is a little more buff on 

 abdomen and under tail coverts than specimens obtained from River 

 Murrav district. 



Meliphaga (Ptilotis) sonora, Crld. Southern Singing Honey-eater. 



Numerous near Port Germein. 



Directly the Gorge into the Flinders Range was entered the 

 vegetation altered, and evidences of a rapidly increasing rainfall 

 were numerous ; correspondingly, a distinct change in the bird- 

 life was noted. 



Myzantha flavigula, Crld. Yellow-throated Miner. — Was very 

 numerous in the Port Germein district, also 80 miles further east, 

 in similar country, on the other side of the Flinders Range. 



Lichenostomus (Ptilotis^ plumulus ethelse, Mat. — These were very 

 numerous in and near the entrance of the Gorge, but when the uppe'r 

 part of the Gorge was reached and a higher altitude attained this 

 species was replaced with 



Ptilotula (Ptilotis penicillata rosin ae. Mat. The Port Augusta 

 White-plumed Honey-eater. — A comparison of specimens of plumulus 

 obtained at the Gorge, and later on near Nackara, with those obtained 

 by the writer near Callion, in Western Australia, show the Western 

 Australian form to be smaller, back and wings paler, and dark dash 

 markings on under side less pronounced and more buff. The 

 penicillata obtained here, as compared with those obtained near 

 Adelaide, show the Flinders Range specimens to be a little more 

 yellow on face and crown, and generallj^ a little brighter in wings and 

 tail, breast paler, and the contrast between the light margins of breast 

 feathers and the darker centres is almost as marked as in plumulus. 

 In Adelaide specimens this marking is very indistinct. 



Falcunculus frontatus, Lath. Crested Shrike-Tit. — Both male and 

 female were obtained at the Gorge. The female is considerably 

 yellower — more a buff-yellow than the greenish-yellow of the more 

 southern form. The male' was not so yellow, but of the buff shade 

 similar to the female. Rump of both brighter yellowish-green than 

 in Adelaide specimens. 



Melithreptus gularis. Lath. — Obtained in the Gorge. Showed some 

 slight differences from the Adelaide form. The nape ring was whiter 

 and broader ; the yellowish-green of rump extends right across the 

 back to the black neck-ring. 



Platycercus flaveolus. Pale Yellow Parrot. — At the top of the 

 range a considerable number was met with, some being almost as red 

 on the breast as P. adelaidensis , Gld. 



