Vol 



1. XIV.T 

 1914 J 



Barnard, Northern Territory Birds. 



57 



1S/11/13 

 18/11/13 



18/11/13 



24/11/13 



27/11/13 

 3/12/13 



6/12/13 

 11/12/13 

 27/12/13 



6/1/14 

 6/1/14 

 7/1/14 



12/1/14 



15/1/14 

 17/1/14 



17/1/14 



Name of Bird. 



Across top. 



Pcecilodryas cerviniventris (P. superciliosa 

 '* cerviniventris) 



Microeca pallida {M. fascinans pallida) 

 Pcecilodryas cerviniventris (P. superciliosa 



cerviniventris) . . . • ••.."' 



Pcecilodryas cerviniventris (P. superciliosa 



cerviniventris) 

 Rhipidura albiscapa (?) 



Micrceca pallida [M. fascinans pallida) 

 Pachycephala pallida (Lewinornis rufiventris 



pallida) 

 Colhiricincla brunnea (C. b. briinnea) 

 Colluricincla woodwardi 

 Malurns dulcis (?) (Lcggeornis amabilis 



dtilcis) 

 Myzomela pectoralis (Cissomela p. pectorahs) 



Ptilotis unicolor {Stomiopera u. unicolor) . . 

 Malurus coronatus (Ryania melanocephala 



cruentata) 

 Arnytornis woodwardi 

 Dicceum hirundinaceum (Austrodicaiim 



hirundinaceum tormenti) . . 

 DiccBum hirundinaceum (Ausirodicaum 



hirundinaceum tormenti) . . 



O i 



mm. mm. 



70 



55 



45 



70 



145 

 180 



80 



SO 



S3 

 80 



120 

 100 



60 



ss 



50 



37 



80 50 



52 34 



60 

 80 

 90 



45 

 40 

 40 



55 



SO 

 50 



40 



45 



Depth. 



O ^ 



45 

 30 



40 



30 

 IS 



20 



SO 30 

 40 20 

 (tail 85) 



25 15 



50 40 



S be 



6 

 19 



9 



25 



10 



S 

 * 



t 

 6 



9 

 12 



S 

 t 



10 

 IS 



* In clefts of rock. f I" spinifex. 



Descriptions of New Australian Birds' Eggs. 



By Henry L. White, R.A.O.U., Belltrees, Scone (N.S.W.) 



(Published in " Bulletin No. 4'' of the R.A.O-.U., 16/4/14-) 



Colluricincla woodwardi (Hartert). Brown-breasted Shrike-Thrush. 



Mr. D. Le Souef, R.A.O.U., described [The Emu, vol. viii., page 

 61) eggs, which are now in my collection, supposed to be those of 

 this bird, and which were taken by Mr. H. G. Barnard, R.A.O.U., 

 near Pine Creek, Northern Territory. 



An interview with the first-named gentleman, and correspondence 

 with the latter, convince me that an error of identification was 

 made, and that the eggs described were most probably those of 



From several clutches of eggs, accompanied by skins of some of 

 the parent birds, and a nest, I select the undermentioned sets for 

 description as types of C. woodwardi. 



Nest.— A cup-shaped structure, composed entirely of the reddish- 

 brown roots of spinifex (Triodia), and usually placed in cracks or 



