]24 Mr. G. M. Mathews on the 



131. Conopoderas australis melvillensis. Northern Reed- 

 Warbler. 



Acrocephalus australis melvillensis Mathews^ Austral Av. 

 Rec. vol. i. 1913, p. 77 : Melville Island. 

 Not common. 



132. Cisticola exilis lineocapllla. Northern Grass- 

 Warbler. 



Cysticola lineocapilla Gould^ Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847j p. 1 : 

 Port Essington. 

 Common. 



133. Dulciornis alisteri melvillensis. Melville - Island 

 Grass-Bird. 



Megalurus alisteri melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 

 vol. i. 1912, p. 92 : Melville Island. 

 Not common. 



134. Ryania melanocephala criientata. Red-backed Wren. 

 Malurus cruentatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1839, 



1840, p. 143 : Port Essington. 



This species is numerous, and appears to mate in 

 December ; by February they were in pairs and the males 

 in fine plumage. It is usually seen in long grass. 



135. Artamus leucorhynclms harterti. Western White- 

 rumped Wood-Swallow. 



Artamus leucorhynchus harterti Mathews, Nov. Zool. 

 vol. xviii. 1912, p. 367 : Parry's Creek, North-west 

 Australia. 



This species is very plentiful, and is the only member 

 of the genus Artamus found on the Island. A nest was 

 found on the 4th of November; by the 16th it contained 

 an egg. It was built in a small gum-tree overhanging 

 the sea-beachj and was placed in a bunch of shoots which 

 was growing from where a branch had broken off. 



This Wood- Swallow appears to frequent the foreshore, 

 as none were met with inland, excepting a few noticed on 

 the Paper-bark trees in the great swamp. 



