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deep rugged gorges of the ranges, where hirge masses of 

 Spinifex (Iriodea) used to grow, I never saw <i. single speci- 

 men of either bird, probably because most of the dense low 

 coastal scrub and larger masses of Spinifex had been buint 

 off in the meanwhile. 



The range beeins about two miles from Point Cloates, and 

 extends north for seventy-five miles, terminating at the bluff 

 of Vlaming Head. It is from five to six hundred feet or 

 more in height all the way, and contains numerous deep 

 gorges with precipitous cliffs, so that it is almost waterless, 

 very tiring country to work, and exceedingly severe on 

 boots. Its western side is within a mile, or less, of. the sea, 

 and between them is a narrow flat, with scrub and Spinifex. 

 Strong hot gales from the east, with dust storms, also blew 

 daily until noon during my visit, making small birds keep 

 close to cover and difficult of observation. The boat called 

 for me on 5 September, and we reached Point Cloates on 

 the 7th, passing tli rough the large whaling fleet stationed 

 north of that place, and seeing some of the powerful tugs 

 pursuing "Humpback" Whales and shooting them with 

 bomb-harpoons. As the manager of the (company kindly 

 offered to give me a passage to C*arnarvon in one of the tugs 

 that was starting on the evening of 12 September for mails 

 and stores, I arrived there early the next morning, having 

 made the passage in sixteen hours, as against the eight days 

 it would have taken me by road. I was at Carnarvon for 

 three weeks, the greater part of which time was spent on 

 or near the coast, observing the arrival of great numbers of 

 the Chai'adrii formes from their breeding-grounds in North- 

 East Asia. The two new subspecies Alisterornis lanioides 

 carnarvoni and Acanthiza inornata carnarvonensis were also 

 obtained at this time. I sailed for Fremantle and the south 

 on 4 October. 



As business in connexion with my Broome Hill property 

 necessitated U-iy leaving England for West Australia in 

 November 1915, and Mr. Mathews had asked me if I would 

 try to obtain specimens of the long-lost Malurug leuco- 

 pierus and Anujiis text'ilis after my business was com])letod, 



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