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On behalf of Mr. Tom CarteRj Mr. G. M. Mathews sent 

 the following description of new subspecies of Australian 

 birds. (The pages quoted refer to Mr. Mathew's ' List of 

 the Birds of Australia/ 1913) : — 



Calamanthus campestris hartogi, subsp, n. (Page 203.) 



Crown of head tawny rufous, with dark brown central 

 stripes. Nape and mantle pale rufous grey^ with dark 

 brown central stripes. Conspicuous white stripe from beak 

 above to behind eye; chin, throat, and breast white, with 

 conspicuous long black streaks, very prononnced and broad 

 on chest. Abdomen and flanks pale yellowish white, long 

 black stripes on flanks and only few on abdomen. Primaries 

 and secondaries dark brown with pale rufous edges. Bill 

 purple-brown ; irides reddish yellow ; feet and legs dark 

 yellow. 



Type : Dirk Hartog Island, West Australia. In the 

 Austral Avian Museum, Fairoak, Hants. 



Sericornis maculatus hartogi, subsp. n. (Page 222.) 



Head and back brown, getting lighter towards the tail. 

 Lores black; stripe from beak over and behind the eye 

 white, also a stripe below the eye. Throat and breast white 

 with small black central stripes. Abdomen and flanks 

 white. Primaries and tail brown, the latter with a sub- 

 terminal black band and edged with white. Bill pale 

 purple ; irides pale straw-colour ; feet and legs brownish 

 purple. 



Type : Dirk Hartog Island, West Australia. In the 

 Austral Avian Museum, Fairoak, Hants. 



Stipiturus malachurns hartogi, subsp. n. (Page 229.) 



Crown of head and nape rufous, with dark brown central 

 stripes. Chin and long way down throat pale lavender- blue. 

 Stripe over eye bright light blue. Cheeks striped white. On 

 sides of throat, chest, and along flanks bright tawny fawn, 

 which expands across chest, forming a band below the 

 lavender-blue. Centre of abdomen white. Mantle, back, 



