270 Hill, Field Notes on Birds of Kimberley, N.-W.Anst. \_^JCY^r\. 



eucalyptus tree and descended to within 12 inches of ground level, where 

 the young were found. The blacks assured me that this was not unusual. 

 Their food consists of many kinds of fruits or seeds and several species 

 of Loranthus (mistletoe). 



Measurements of birds in mm. : — 



Platycercus browni (Smutty Parrakeet). 



An uncommon species, generally seen in companies of three, on the 

 eastern side of Napier Broome Bay. Unripe acacia seeds and the fruit 

 of another tree appear to be the chief articles of diet. 



[According to the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (No. 

 CLXIV.), Mr. G. M. Mathews has made a new sub-species of this Parrot, 

 naming it in honour of myself — P. venustus hilli. He states he considers 

 it " differs from P. venustus^ Kuhl., in having the white feathers of the face 

 reduced to a narrow line, the blue spreading nearly all the way up to the 

 black below the eyes. The blue on the primary coverts is also very much 

 more intense. Iris umber ; bill whitish-grey ; feet dark grey. Measure- 

 ments as in P. venustus."'] 



Measurements of birds in mm. : — 



PODARGUS PHALi^NOlDES (Freckled Frogmouth). 



Occasionally seen in trees, but more often flushed from branches lying 

 on the ground. 



Measurements of birds in mm.: — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. 

 $ ... 374 ... 198 ... 24 

 ? ... 367 ... 198 ... 22 



^GOTHELES NOV^-HOLLANDIyE (Owlet Nightjar). 



Uncommon. I secured a specimen of A£. rufa (Hall) at Derby, and was 

 rather surprised that I did not meet with e.xamples in the far North-West. 



Measurements of bird in mm. : — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



$ ... 227 ... 125 ... 22 ... 12.5 ... 109 

 EURYSTOMUS PACIFICUS (Dollar-Bird). 



A few birds arrived at Napier Broome Bay on 9/1/10, and remained 

 about two weeks. The crops of specimens secured contained a large 

 number of winged females of the green, nest-building tree-ant {QLcophylla 

 smaragdina). 



Measurements of bird in mm. : — ' 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Bill. Tail. 



$ ... 296 ... 192 ... 16.25 ... 3° •■• 9^ 



