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12 MATHEWS— Additions to "List of Birds of Australia." 



and remain with ns till about the end of October, when they 

 evidently leave for the hills to breed. As the summer ap- 

 proaches they become very pugnacious amongst themselves. 

 Yon will often see live or six chasing one another from tree 

 to tree whilst they utter their familiar cry. Noisy tights often 

 take place, when several of them will ball together and fall 

 to the ground. They will then rise one after tin 1 other and 

 continue their pursuit. Their natural food consists of honey 

 and insects, but to my surprise I found them to visit a refuse 

 heap in an adjoining yard, where they greedily devoured 

 soaked bread, boiled potatoes, and other table scraps. 



Additions to "A List of the Birds of Australia." 



By Gregory M. Mathews, F.R.S.E. 



r. ii7. 



— + Tyto galei, sp. n. 



Upper surface freckled with dark brown and white, darker 

 on the mantle. Tail white, crossed by five or six dark-brown 

 bands, which become almost obsolete towards the outer pair. 

 Primaries freckled and banded with dark brown, the inner- 

 most web white. Under surface of body and wings white, 

 with a few indistinct specks of brown. The sty feathers of 

 the disc white, tipped with brown. Face white, and spot in 

 front of eye brown. 



Total length measured in the flesh 13| inches. Type, a 

 male collected on the Pascoe River, North Queensland, 16th 

 July, 1913. 



Named in honour of Capt. Gale. 



Macgillivrayornis, gen. n. 



Bill equal to the head in length. First primary half the 

 length of second, which is two-thirds the length of the third: 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth equal and longest. 



Type Macgilivrayomis claudi (see below). 



Named in honour of Dr. W. Macgillivray, of Broken Hill, 

 New /South Wales. 



Macgillivrayornis claudi, sp. n. 



General colour above greenish, including the wing 'coverts. 

 Primaries brown, edged with green. Tail blackish brown. 



