714 Mr. T. Carter on some [Ibis, 



Leptolophus hollandicus. 



Quarrions were scarce in the Gascoyne and Minilya dis- 

 tricts in September 1911, but in the same month in 1916 

 they were abundant there, and about 10 September many 

 nesting cavities near the Minilya Eiver were examined, 

 whicli all contained young birds in various stages of growth. 

 The small ones were covered with down of a dull yelloio 

 colour, very similar to that of a white duckling of corre- 

 sponding age. 



Platycercus icterotis. 



Yellow-cheeked Parrots were quite scarce when I was at 

 Broome Hill and the vicinity in February and March 1919. 

 In former years they were abundant there and in most 

 localities in the south-west area, but although I traversed a 

 great part of it, I do not think that a dozen of these birds 

 were ol^served. A very beautifully-plumaged male was 

 obtained on the Warren River on 31 March that a[)peared 

 to be smaller than those occurring about Broome Hill. I do 

 not think that this species occurs as tar north as Geraldton, 

 and when I was staying at MuUevva and Mingenow in 190-4 

 none were observed, while Milligan does not mention tlie 

 bird as being seen on his trip to Yandanooka in the same 

 year through the same district. I do not think that fenude 

 birds assume the brilliant colouring of the males. 



Barnardius zonarius. 



"Twenty-eight" Parrots obtained on the Blackwood River, 

 near Bridgetown, 17 February, 1916, had distinct yellow 

 ventral bands, and those examined at Collie a few days 

 afterwards had only slightly yellow bands. These Parruts 

 were not otten seen in the south-west in 1919, owing to the 

 exceptionally severe bush fires in all districts. They were 

 plentiful near Woolundia in May 1919, and those obtained 

 there resemble the subspecies occideidalis more than the 

 south-western form. The south- western aboriginal name is 

 " Towerrin."^ Mr. Mathews described the Woolundra bird as 

 Barnardius zonarius ivoohmdra subsp. nov.. Bulletin B. O.V. 

 vol. xl. 1920, p. 44. 



