^"'io^i^] Barnard, Northern Territory Birds. AQ 



noted as the foster-parent of Cacomantis variolosus (C. pyrrophanus 

 dumetovum). 



Stigmatops ocularis (5. indistincta rufescens). — A very common 

 bird, whose cheerful note could be heard all day among the flowering 

 shrubs. 



Ptilotis sonora (Meliphaga s. forresti). — A common bird in tea-tree 

 localities. A number of nests was found ; these contained two or 

 three eggs. The bird was noted as the foster-parent of Cuculus 

 pallidus (Heteroscenes p. occidentalis). 



(?) Ptilotis l(eartlandi (Lichenostomus k. alexandrensis ?) — A Honey- 

 eater very closely resembling this bird, but which has not yet been 

 identified, was obtained in the high sandstone ranges along the 

 M'Arthur River. 



C?) Ptilotis flavescens (Ptilotula f. melvillensis). — A Ptilotis closely 

 resembling P. flavescens was very common on the M'Arthur, and a 

 number of nests was found. In no instance did the nests contain 

 more than a single egg or young bird. 



Ptilotis unicolor (Stomiopera u. unicolor). — Common in the brush 

 along the river and near sandstone bluffs. Several of their pretty 

 nests were found along the river ; each contained a pair of eggs. 



Myzantha flavigula (M. f. alligator). — Seen at the head of the 

 M'Arthur and on the table-land. 



Entomyza albipennis (Entomyzon cyanotis albipennis). — Fairly 

 common about Borroloola, on the M'Arthur. They were found 

 breeding in old nests of the Babbler (Pomatorhinus temporalis) 

 (Pomatostomus t. infermedius). 



Tropidorhynchus argenticeps (Philemon a. alexis). — A common bird 

 about the Lower M'Arthur, where it was found breeding. 



Philemon sordidus {Microphilemon orientalis sordidus). — Fairly 

 numerous, and generally in company with T. argenticeps (P. a. alexis). 

 A number of nests was found, several of which contained an egg of 



Eudynamys cyanocephala (E. c. subcyanocephalus). 



Mirafra secunda (M. javanica rufescens). — A very common bird 

 on the table-land, and fairly common on the black-soil fiats on the 

 M'Arthur. 



Taeniopygia castanotis {T. c. alexandrce). — A very common bird in 

 the gidgea and brush on the table-land, and also plentiful on the head 

 of the M'Arthur and Kilgour Rivers. It was not seen on the Lower 

 M'Arthur. 



Stizoptera bichenovii (S. b. bandi). — Very common in the brush 

 along the M'Arthur River, where they bred freely. 



Munia pectoralis (Heteromunia p. incerta). — A few of these birds 

 appeared on the table-land in February and March, and bred in the 

 grass on the plains. The nest is a bulky grass structure placed low 

 in the grass. Five and six pure white eggs formed a clutch. 



Bathilda ruflcauda {B. r. subclarescens). — These birds frequent the 

 cane-grass along the river ; generally they were found in small flocks. 

 They breed in the cane-grass in June. 



Poephila acuticauda (P. a. hecki). — Seen in all classes of country 

 on the M'Arthur. Their bulky grass nests were placed in bushes and 



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