the Alexandra District, S. Australia. 403 
Mus. iv. p. 171 (1879); Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. 
B. 1. p. 143 (1901). 
No. 44. Imm. Alexandra, April 1905. Bill and feet 
black. 
No. 25.  ? adult. Alexandra, May 1905. Bill and 
feet black ; iris brown. 
a. ¢ adult. Alexandra, July 29, 1905. Bill blackish 
brown ; feet black ; iris dark brown. 
These do not differ much from typical examples, but are, 
if anything, paler on the back; a fact specially noticeable in 
specimen No. 25, 9, which is probably an immature bird, 
as there is practically no red on the forehead. 
This district seems to be the northern limit of the species 
in South Australia. Campbell gives its distribution as South 
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and Western 
Australia. However, it is reputed to have occurred as far 
north as the neighbourhood of the Fitzroy River (N.W. 
Australia). 
MELANODRYAS PICATA. 
Petreca picata (Gould); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 
p. 174 (1879); Hall, Emu, i. p. 92 (Fitzroy River). 
Melanodryas bicolor picata Campbell, Nests & Eggs. Austr. 
B.i. p. 146 (1901); Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 220. 
No. 24. a,b. Adult. Alexandra, May 1905. Bill and 
feet black ; iris brown. 
No. 34. ¢ adult. Alexandra, May 1905. 
a. 2 adult. Alexandra, Nov. 1905. 
Both the males agree fairly well with those in the British 
Museum, but the females are very much greyer and shew 
the tendency—apparent throughout the greater part of the 
collection—towards the formation of a paler race. 
SMICRORNIS FLAVESCENS. 
Smicrornis flavescens Gould, P. Z. 8. 1842, p. 184 (Port 
Essington) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 210 (1879: 
Gilbert River); Hall, Emu, i. p. 105 (Fitzroy River) ; 
Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. i. p. 154 (1901); Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. xii. p. 220. 
