the Alexandra District, S. Australia. 401 
MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS. 
Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw & Nodd.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xx. p. 594 (1891); Campbell, Nests & Eggs 
Austr. B. ii. p. 656 (1901); Hall, Emu, ii. p. 62; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. xii. p. 214. 
Five adult examples from Alexandra. 
/EGOTHELES NOV#-HOLLANDI&. 
Aigotheles leucogaster Gould, P.Z.S. 1844, p. 106 (Port 
Essington). 
Aigotheles nove hollandie (ath.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvi. p..651 (1892) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 
ii. p. 542 (1901). 
igotheles nove hollandie (? leucogaster) Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. xii. p. 216. 
a,b. 8 2 adult. Alexandra Station, July 1905. Bill 
black ; feet yellowish brown ; iris clear brown. 
One of the two skins is interesting from the fact that the 
plumage shews the rufous phase. The head, back, and 
wings are washed with rusty brown instead of being grey, 
as in the normal bird. The white of the under parts is also 
tinged with fulvous. The tail is barred with unusually 
narrow lines, the ground-colour being rufous brown. 
One of the labels bears the note that “ these birds make 
their nests in hollow trees,” and shews that they breed in 
the vicinity of Alexandra. 
HALCYON PYRRHOPYGIUS. 
Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 118 (interior 
of New South Wales); Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 215. 
Halcyon pyrrhopygius Campbell, Nests & Eges Austr. B. 
ii. p. 557 (1901). 
One specimen from Alexandra. 
MERopPs ORNATUS. 
Merops ornatus Lath.; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. 3. 
ii. p. 545 (1901); Hall, Emu, i. p. 51 (Fitzroy River) ; 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 215 (Brock’s Creek). 
