688 Mr. T. Carter on some [Ibis, 



end of summer is about the worst time to find any ot" 

 them, as the breeding-season is then over and they wander 

 away from their nesting-mounds, not returning niucli to 

 them until they open them out for repairs early in winter. 



I may mention that the lower Warren district is extremely 

 difficult to work on account of a dense scrub, much swampy 

 country, and immense steep sand-drifts. 



Ypsilophorus ypsilophorus rogersi. 



Several Brown Quails were Hushed at the Lyndon liiver 

 on 27 August, 19 16, and Mr. Guy McLeod told me that he 

 and a friend had enjoyed some good shooting with them 

 earlier in the year on the Minilya River flats, where they 

 were very plentiful. A few were seen, and specimens 

 {soi'didiis) obtained, close to Cape Leeuwin in March 1919. 



Alphaturnia velox vinotincta. 



The Little Quail was found breeding at Point Cloates on 



II September, 1913, when snuill young, capable of flying, 

 were seen. Also on the Minilya River in 191G, wlipn fresh 

 eggs were taken on 9 September. Many of these birds 

 were seen when driving north of Point Cloates. I have 

 never observed this species in South-West Australia. 



Geopelia placida clelandi. 



Western Grround-Doves were very numerous in and about 

 the bed of the Gascoyne River and breeding freely on 

 18 September, 1911. 



Stictopeleia cuneata mungi. 



Western Spotted-shouldered Doves were fairly common 

 about river-beds and pools, but not so plentiful as the 

 Ground-Doves. A good many were seen feeding in the 

 bushes 21'owinp; on the ranges at the Yardie Creek in 

 September 1913. These birds were breeding about (Car- 

 narvon in September 1911 and ]913. 



Phaps chalcoptera murcliisoiii. 



Bronze-winged Pigeons are diminishing in numbers in 

 the south-west as agricultural settlement advances and the 

 " Jam " trees {Acacia acuminata) are cut down and destroyed. 



