1920.] tVeslern Australian Birds. 689 



Tlie seedri of this small tree are one o£ the favourite foods of 

 the bird. A good many were observed east of Broome Hill, 

 and at one house I saw several, daily feeding with the 

 domestic fowls on the grain etc. thrown out for them. 

 Recently fledged young were seen at Broome Hill on 

 16 January, 1916. 



Cosmopelia elegans neglecta. 



Brush Bronze-winged Pigeons are rapidly becoming less 

 in number in the south-west districts. At present they 

 appear to be most numerous between Cape Naturaliste and 

 Augusta, where several were seen in the coastal scrubs. 

 They have a habit of coming out on the high roads, espe- 

 cially about sunset. On 21 March, 1916, I was hiding in 

 tall rushes and scrub on the edge of a small "dub'' of 

 water near Busselton, hoping to see some Bronze-wings 

 come in to drink at sundow^n, as is the custom of both 

 varieties of these birds. After a while a large wild cat 

 {i. e., a domestic cat living in a wild state) came straight to 

 the water's edce and had a lono- drink without noticinji me. 

 Soon afterwards another did the same, so I thought that 

 I was well concealed. Then a pair of Brush Bronze-wings 

 walked in sight, having quietly alighted at some little 

 distance. The leading bird saw me at once, and stopped a 

 few yards away from the water ; so I surmised that these 

 birds have a keener sense of danger than cats. 



Lophophaps ferruginea ferruginea. 



lled-plumed Pigeons were very scarce at the Yardie 

 Creek in August 1913, only one party of three birds being 

 seen during my ten days' visit. In 1916 they were plentiful 

 there ; also at other places on the ranges further north, in 

 the vicinity of rock-holes of water, from which they never 

 seem to go far away. The aboriginal name (Tallangee tribe) 

 for these birds is '" Kool-brit." 



Ocyphaps lophotes whitlocki. 



Western Crested Pigeons are now very much rarer in the 

 Gascoyne district than they were thirty years ago. The 



