^°l'i^] Math-ews, On the Birds of Norih-West Australia. 105 



Stomachs contained mud, fibrous matter, beetles, shell-fish, 

 tadpoles, and water insects. 



Xenorhynchus asiaticus (Jabiru). 

 Math., Handl., No. 199. 



Sex ? Immature. 26/10/08. 

 Eyes brown ; feet and legs olive-brown ; bill black. 

 Stomach contained fish-bones, prawns, beetles, and part of the 

 intestines of a kangaroo, on which the bird was feeding when shot. 



Mesophoyx plumifera (Plumed Egret). 

 Math., Handl., No. 202. 



3. 4/2/09. 



Eyes and eyelash yellow ; feet and legs olive-brown. Bill, upper 

 mandible and distal J of lower brown ; lores, base of upper and 

 balance of lower mandible yellow. 



Stomach contained fragments of insects. 



Herodias timoriensis (White Egret). 

 Math., Handl., No. 203. 



3. 4/2/09- 



?. 7/11/08. 



Eyes and eyelash yellow ; lores and bare skin round eye yellowish- 

 green ; feet and legs black ; bill yellow. 



The stomachs contained one small fish, some tadpoles and water 

 insects. 



NoTOPHOYX NOV.E-HOLLANDLE (White- fronted Heron). 

 Math., Handl., No. 204. 



(?. 1/2/09. . 



Eyes yellowish-grey ; feet and tarsi olive-yellow ; bill black, 

 lores and base of upper mandible slate colour, base of lower grey. 



Stomach contained fragments of insects, one lizard, and a large 

 quantity of grasshoppers and crickets, which were swallowed whole. 



NoTOPHOYX FLAViROSTRis (Pied Egret or Heron). 

 Math., Handl., No. 206. 

 ^ c? c^ ?. 28/3/09. 



Eyes yellow ; feet and legs olive-yellow ; bill yellow, lores and 

 base of lower mandible slaty-brown. 

 Stomachs contained grasshoppers. 



Nycticorax caledonicus (Night-Heron). 

 Math., Handl., No. 210. 



3. 5/12/08. 



c?. 7/11/08. 



?. 20/1/09. 



Eyes yellow, lores and naked skin round eye yellowish-green ; 

 feet and tarsi olive-yellow. Bill — cJ, upper and tip of lower 

 mandible brown, basal f of lower mandible greenish-yellow ; 



