282 Hill, Field Notes oh Birds of Kimberlcy, N.-W.Aust. [,,ft"j"„ 

 Measurements of bird in mm. : — 



Total length. Wing. Tarsus. Dill. Tail. 



S ... 169 ... 81 ... 22 ... 15 ... 63 



Pachvcephal.\ f.alcata (Northern Thickhead). 



A common species, generally found in acacia scrub. The nests are 

 generally built of twigs and wire-like creeper, with or without a lining of 

 grass. Eggs were taken in November and December. 



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EoPSALTRiA HILLI (Hill Shrike-Robin). 

 (Campbell, Ef/:u, vol. .\., p. 168.) 



Neositta leucoptera (White-winged Tree-runner). 



A somewhat rare bird, generally seen in small flocks of 6 or 8. The 

 nesting season appears to be in June, in which month several partly built 

 nests were found near the Drysdale River. 



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Climacteris melanura (Black-tailed Tree-creeper). 



I saw these birds only amongst the large timber in the dry localities near 

 Napier Broome Bay, where they were rare and difficult to approach. Young 

 birds were seen in the middle of October. The female is distinguished by 

 a white throat and rufous colour of lower throat, where it is black in the 

 male. The crops of all specimens e.xamined contained only numerous 

 remains of one species of ant {Iridomyrnicx dctcctiis, Smith). The nature 

 of their food, I think, accounts for the peculiar odour possessed by these 

 birds. 



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I mm. 



ZOSTEROPS lutea (Yellow White-eye). 



Were seen in the mangroves from Derby northwards, but they were 



