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191 



] Hill, Ornithological Notes, Barclay Expedition. 247 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



(&) $ .. 263 .. no . . 34 . . 21 .. 25 



Irides yellow, feet greenish-horn ; bill yellowish-horn, culmen 

 black, gape yellow. 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



{c) S ■■ 250 .. 97 .. 32 .. 18 .. 30 

 Irides yellow ; bill light horn, culmen dark horn, gape yellow. 



Phaps chalcoptera — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



$ .. 306 .. 180 .. 28 .. 19 .. 120 



Irides dark umber, feet reddish-purple, bill black. 

 Malurus, sp. — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



Sex (?) .. 129 .. 46 .. 19 .. 8.5 .. 68 

 (J (imm.). . 129 . . 45 . . 18 . . 8.5 . . 64 



Shot on slope of low range. 

 Smicrornis flavescens — • 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



? .. 89 .. 47 .. 15 .. 5.5 .. 35 

 Sex (?) . . 84 . . 44 . . 14 . . 5 . . 33 

 Sex (?) . . 86 . . 47 . . 17 . . 6 . . 33 



After leaving this fine waterhole we followed the Lander down 

 through acacia and spinifex country to Camp No. 4 (lat. 21° 

 26' 33" S., long. 8 hrs. 49 min. 52 sec. E.), passing several soaks 

 in the bed of the creek on our way. Several small fiocks of 

 Emus were seen, and, judging by the number of tracks in this 

 locality, these birds must be very numerous indeed. I noticed 

 here, as elsewhere, that it is very difficult to approach kangaroos. 

 Emus, and even small birds with camels — quite the reverse of 

 my experience when mounted on horseback. 



The following birds were identified in the vicinity of No. 4 

 Camp (14th June) : — Dromaus novcs-hollandia (Emu), Eupodotis 

 australis (Bustard), Burhinus grallarius (Stone-Plover), Phaps 

 chalcoptera (Bronze-winged Pigeon), Ocyphaps lophotes (Crested 

 Pigeon), Pteropodocys phasianella (Ground Cuckoo-Shrike), 

 Rhipidura tricolor (Black-and- White Fantail), Uroaettis audax 

 (Wedge-tailed Eagle), Hieracidea berigora (Brown Hawk), Haliastur 

 sphenurus (Whistling Eagle), Falco hmtdatus (Little Falcon), 

 Ninox boobook (Boobook Owl), Artamus melanops (Black-faced 

 Wood - Swallow), Cheramceca leucosternum (Black - and - White 

 Swallow), DiccBtim hinmdinaceum (Mistletoe-Bird), Barnardiiis 

 zonarius (Yellow-banded Parrakeet), Ptilotis sonora (Singing 

 Honey-eater), Ptilotis leilavalensis (Pallid Honey-eater), 

 Ptilotis keartlandi (Keartland Honey-eater), Corvtis coronoides 

 (Crow), Cinclorhamphus cruralis (Brown Song-Lark), Anthus 

 australis (Pipit), Stipiturus, sp.* (Emu- Wren), Tceniopygia 

 castanotis (Chestnut-eared Finch), Gymnorhina leuconota (White- 

 * Probably S. ruficeps. 



