260 Hill, Ornithological Notes, Barclay Expedition. [.st^Apiii 



pieces of bark, closely woven together. The outside was covered 

 with spider-web and the inside lined with rootlets obtained from a 

 nest of Rhipidura tricolor. 



Stigmatops ocularis (Brown Honey-eater). 



Numerous in September. 

 Ptilotis flavescens (Yellow-tinted Honey-eater). 



A fairly common species. 



Measurements of bird collected 21/11/11 : — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail, 



c? .. 156 .. 78 .. 18 .. 13 .. 65 

 I rides dark umber, feet grey, bill black. 

 Ptilotis unicolor (White-gaped Honey-eater). 



Fairly plentiful. Found in sheltered localities near water. Two 

 partly built nests were found on loth March, in " ebony trees," (?) 

 about 15 feet from the ground. 



Entomyza albipennis (White-quilled Honey-eater). 



Fairly numerous. 

 Tropidorhynchus argenticeps (Silvery-crowned Friar-Bird). 



Uncommon Appear to frequent the ranges more than the lower 

 country. 

 Philemon sordidus fLittle Friar-Bird). 



Numerous in all localities. 



Mirafra secunda (?) (Lesser Bush-Lark). 



Very numerous on the open grass plains near Borroloola. Young 

 birds flying on 27th February. 



Measurements of bird collected 27 th February : — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsu<;. Bill. Tail. 



$ . . 142 . . yi . . 22 . . T2 . . 49 



Irides light umber, bill greyish-brown, feet flesh colour. 



Stictoptera biehenovii (Bicheno Finch). 



Found in the same localities as 5. annulosa, which species they 

 closely resemble in habits, though they do not appear to fraternize. 



Stictoptera annulosa (Black-ringed Finch). 



Generally found near the river in tall grass and low bushes in 

 parties of from 6 to 12 birds. The nesting season commences in 

 January. 



Poephila acuticauda (Long-tailed Grass-Finch). 



Uncommon. 

 Poephila personata (Masked Finch). 



More frequently met with than P. acuticauda. In April these 

 birds were nesting very freely in the Roper River country. The nests 

 are nearly always built in one of the following positions — (a) on 

 termites' nests, {b) on bare ground at the base of termites' nests, 

 (c) in tussocks of grass at the base of termites' nests, {d) rarely in 

 shrubs growing through or against termites' nests. I cannot 

 recollect having seen a single nest built anywhere but in close 



