126 Mr. G. M. Matliews on the 



141. Neositta pileata melvillensis. Melville Island Tree- 

 E,unner. 



Neositta pileata melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 

 vol. i. 1912, p. 47 : Melville Island. 



This species is rare on the Island, only a few parties being 

 seen, and these usually in the tops of the tall trees. They 

 go about in flocks of five or six. Mr. Rogers found the 

 allied subspecies in north-west Australia. 



142. Zosterops lutea lutea. Yellow White-eye. 

 Zosterops lutea Gould, Birds Austr. vol. iv. 1843, pi. 83 : 



Van Diemen Gulf, Northern Territory. 



A few birds of this species were met with near Apsley 

 Straits, but none on the north side of the Island. On the 

 6th of November a nest and two eggs were found, but the 

 latter could not be blown, as the young were on the point 

 of hatching. The nest was of the usual type and placed 

 in the mangroves, where the birds themselves are usually 

 met with. They are residents. 



143. Austrodicaeum hirundinaceum tormenti. Western 

 Mistletoe -Bird. 



DiccEvm hirundinaceum tormenti Mathews, Nov. Zool. 

 vol. xviii. 1912, p. 387 : Point Torment, North-west 

 Australia. 



Very few of these birds have been seen on the Island ; 

 they are always on trees and bushes which bear mistletoe. 



144. Pardalotus melanocephalus melvillensis. Orange- 

 rumped Pardalote. 



Pardalofus melanocephalus melvillensis Mathews, Austral 

 Av. Rec. vol. i. 1912, p. 48 : Melville Island. 



Not numerous, and usually found in forest-country, but 

 sometimes seen in low bushes on the foreshore. On the 

 north side they were found in the Paper-bark forest. They 

 are resident and non-migratory. 



145. Melethreptus lunata albogularis. White-throated 

 Honey-eater. 



Melethreptus albigularis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1847, 

 1848, p. 220 : Port Essington. 



