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174. Monarchavielanopsis. I shot examples of this flycatcher 

 in the Rockingham Bay district, and an example from Victoria 

 is in the National Museum. Both localities are wanting in the 

 ■doctor's schedule. 



200. Amaurodryas vittata. It is very questionable whether 

 the dusky robin is found in South Australia. It certainly has 

 not been taken in Victoria. 



2x8. Psophodes crepitans. I heard the unmistakable whip- 

 crack-like note of this bird among the tropical jungle of Dal- 

 rymple's Gap, Rockingham Bay. It has also been recorded 

 as far north as Herberton by another member of this club. 



222. Malurus lamherti may be recorded for the Dawson 

 River. A nest, containing eggs of this species, was taken there 

 ■during my visit, 1885. 



251-2. Dr. Ramsay shows Cisticola lineocapilla for Tasmania. 

 The species we obtained on King Island was ruficeps. Dr. 

 Ramsay appears to have adopted all (4) Gould's species of 

 CisHcolcE, while Mr. R. B. Sharpe, of the British Museum, con- 

 siders them all identical with C. exilis of Vigors and Horsfield. 

 This would be an interesting point for the ornithologists of the 

 club to determine, as various of the so-called varieties are found 

 breeding together convenient to Melbourne at Caulfield, Dan- 

 denong, Heidelberg, etc. 



257. Sericornis Icevigaster. I think Dr. Ramsay will find that 

 this Sericornis should have been recorded for the Dawson River 

 district. 



274. Ephthianua alhifrons. This species is met with in Tas- 

 mania. See " Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds," page 25. 



280. Cala?iianihus fuliginosus. Although not indicated by 

 Dr. Ramsay, this field lark is common to both Victoria and 

 South Australia. 



284. Cincloramphus cruralis has been noted in the Dawson 

 River district. 



289. Calamoherpe Australis. During a visit to Tasmania, 

 1883, I heard the merry song of these warblers in the reed beds 

 bordering the Tamar River. See my manual " Nests and Eggs 

 of Australian Birds," page xxix. The reed warbler is also in 

 Colonel W. V. Legge's list, but not on Dr. Ramsay's for 

 Tasmania. 



296. Estfilda temporalis. It is well known to almost every 

 member of the Club that this little finch abounds in many 

 parts of Victoria. The fact must have escaped the doctor's 

 memory. 



297. Estrilda ruficanda. I noticed this finch in Rockingham 

 Bay district. 



306. Poephila cincta. Dr. Ramsay credits us with the banded 

 grass finch. I am not aware of it having been taken in Victoria 

 •except it has been an escaped cage bird. 



