174 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



brown, while the proximal is fawn to white. The bird is thus a 

 partial albino. 



(b.) In National Museum collection, Melbourne. 



Plumage nearly clear white, bill creamy white. 



(c.) A living male bird with white wing quills has been watched 

 by Mr. G. E. Shephard for twelve years during nesting season, 

 always resorting to the same place. 



(d.) Mr. Keartland has seen at Beveridge, Victoria, two white 

 fledglings in the nest, and I have recorded on a previous occasion 

 ( Victorian Naturalist) two clutches of albino young. 



360. Manorhina (Myzantha) garrula, Lath., Noisy Minah. 



Dr. Chas. Ryan has observed and identified an almost white 

 specimen of this bird. 



363. AcANTHOCHiERA CARUNCULATA, Lath., Red-wattle Bird. 



In collection of Mr. H. E. Hill. Male. August, 1898. 



Eyes pink. The only normal colour appears to be the saffron of 

 the abdomen. Nearly all the other exposed parts are impure white ; 

 head is brownish, with shaft-streaks of feathers white; the back is 

 softly blotched with brown. The shafts of each feather throughout 

 the plumage, except on the yellow abdomen, are normally white 3 

 the inner webs of all the wing quills are nutty-brov/n, except the 

 web of the innermost quill, which, being more exposed, is whitish; 

 the broad webs of the tail feathers are nutty-brown. 



385. HiRUNDo NEOXENA, Gould, House Swallow. 



In March last a flock of 20 to 30 of these swallows was 

 observed at Swan Hill, Victoria, in which was a bird, evidently 

 of the same species, having a creamy appearance, with mottling 

 upon it. In noticeable contrast were the blue-black head, the 

 extremities of the rectrices, which were slate, and apparently 

 the two outer primaries were edged with slate. My informant 

 is Mr. A. C. Stone, who is a good observer and familiar with the 

 flight and habits of H. neoxena as well as of Petrochelidon 

 nigricans, P. arid, and Cheramoeca leucosternum, thought the bird 

 may have been a wayward form of H. javanica, but the distribu- 

 tion of the latter in Australia, Yorke Peninsula, is rather against 

 that assumption. White House Swallows have been recorded in 

 Britain and Germany. 



447. Dacelo gigas, Bodd., Great Brown Kingfisher (Laughing 

 Jackass). 

 At Howlong, New South Wales, there was in February last a 

 live albino of this species, which is described by Mr. A. Lehmert 

 as being entirely creamy-white, with a slight darkening of those 

 parts usually the deepest colour in a normal bird. This bird has 

 been under observation for some five years. Judging by the 

 specimens in the Australian Museum, Sydney, this bird seems to 



