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Artamus personatus (Campbellornis p. gracilis). — Found in large 

 flocks on the Barclay Table-land, where they were breeding, and also 

 on the M'Arthur, where they were feeding, in company with A. super- 

 ciliosus, on the flowers of the Grevillea. An examination of the 

 stomachs revealed the same conditions as in A. superciliosus. The 

 latter bird was not seen on the table-land. 



Artamus melanops {Austr artamus m. fforencics). — Common both on 

 the table-land and the M'Arthur. They were breeding on the table- 

 land in March and on the M'Arthur in November and December. 



Artamus minor (Micrartamus m. de^byi) — These little birds were 

 common, especially about the high sandstone bluffs. They nested 

 in small holes in the sandstone. 



Triehoglossus rubritorques, — Very common all along the M'Arthur, 

 where they bred freely, from May to December, in the hollow spouts 

 of the swamp gums. Two eggs form a clutch. 



Ptilosclera versicolor {Psitteiiieles v. mellori). — Only a few were 

 seen about Borroloola, but they were very plentiful further west, 

 where they were busy feeding on the flowers of the bloodwood 

 eucalypt. A nest examined in July, 191 3, contained three young 

 birds. 



Calyptorhynchus macrorliynchus (C. banksii macrorhynchur,). — 

 Large flocks of these birds, numbering from four to five hundred, 

 were seen on the head of the M'Arthur and Kilgour Rivers, where 

 they were feeding on the seeds of a creeping plant growing on the 

 plains. They were common all the way to the coa=t, but only in 

 small flocks. They do not appear to breed on the M'Arthur, as no 

 nests were seen; 



Cacatua galerita {Cacatoes g. melvillensis). — Very common all 

 along the river. They bred freely during September in the hollow 

 spouts of the gum and melaleuca trees growing along the river-flats. 



Cacatua roseicapilla (Eolophus r. kuhli). — Very common birds on 

 the M'Arthur. They appear to breed chiefly from March till June. 

 This is probably from the fact that they depend largely on the seeds 

 of small plants and grasses for their food. 



Calopsitta novse-hollandiae {Leptolophus atiricomis obscurus) — Seen in 

 fairly large flocks, generally feeding on the ground. 



Ptistes coccineopterus (Aprosmictus erythropterus coccineopterus). — 

 Common. Nests with young were found in September. 



Platycercus brown! (P. venustus venustus). — Though rather scarce, 

 birds were generally to be found along the river, feeding on the seeds 

 of the melaleuca trees. They were always seen in pair3. 



Psephotus dissimilis. — Skins of these birds were first obtained by 

 me at Pine Creek, N.T., in September, 1896. They were supposed 

 to be Psephotus chrysopterygius. This, however, was wrong, and 

 two years later the Pine Creek bird was named as above from further 

 skins obtained from that place. I thus missed the honour of being 

 the first to describe this bird, though I was the first to obtain the 

 skins. P. chrysopterygius was obtained somewhere in the Normanton 

 district, and does not appear to have been found since it was described 

 by Gould. P. dissimilis was fairly plentiful on the dry spinifex and 

 stringy-bark ridges of the lower M'Arthur. A series of skins was 

 obtained. 



