412 Mr. C. Ingram on the Birds of 
SITTELLA LEUCOPTERA. 
Sittella leucoptera Gould, P. Z. 8S. 1839, p. 144 (north- 
west coast of Australia) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 
i, p. 343 (1901) ; Hall, Emu, ii. p. 53 (Fitzroy River). 
Neositta leucoptera Hellmayr, J. f. O. 1901, p. 187; 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 231 (Meda Station, Kimberley ; 
Derby; Eureka, Northern Territory ; South Alligator 
River). 
a,b. Adult. Alexandra. 
CLIMACTERIS MELANURA. 
Climacteris melanura Gould, P. Z.S. 1842, p. 1388 (north- 
west coast of Australia) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 
i. p. 829 (1901) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 232 (Liveringa, 
Derby; South Alligator River ; Eureka, Northern Territory). 
No. 35. a,b. Q adult. Alexandra, May 1905. Bill and 
feet black ; iris brown. 
This is one of the few species represented in the present 
collection that displays no inclination towards the formation 
of a pale desert-race ; in fact the two skins from Alexandra 
are, if anything, darker and of a blacker brown than any 
which I have examined. Mr. Stalker found this bird feeding 
on small black ants. 
Dic#UM HIRUNDINACEUM. 
Diceum hirundinaceum (Shaw & Nodder) ; Campbell, Nests 
& Eggs Austr. B. 1. p. 487 (1901);. Hall, Emu, ii. p. 52 
Fitzroy River) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 236 (Nullagine 
River ; Ord River). 
a. Adult. Alexandra. 
6. 6 juv. Alexandra, Oct. 21,1905. Bill and feet black ; 
iris brown. 
PTILOTIS FORRESTI. 
Ptilotis forresti Ingram, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 116 
(July 10, 1906). 
Similar to Ptilotis sonora, but paler on the back and under 
surface, especially on the rump, which is of a light brown 
