WHITE — Birds occurring at the Beedbech, Adelaide Plains. 13 



Throat grey, remainder of under surface yellow. Under 

 wing- coverts lighter yellow. Narrow ring of feathers round 

 eye whitish. 



Total length (measurement taken in the flesh) — 116 m.m.: 

 wing 55: culmen 14: tarsus 18: middle toe and claw 12 m.m. 



Type collected on the Claudie River, North Queensland. 



P. 301. 

 Aegintha temporalis macgillivrayi, subsp. n. 



Black-tailed Red-browed Finch. 



Differs from A. t. temporalis in having a black tail and under 

 tail coverts and the yellow upper surface more pronounced. 

 Bill crimson, lower basal half of lower mandible brown, legs 

 pale straw. Wing 47 m.m. 



Type from Claudie River, North Queensland, 17th January, 

 1914. 



P. 304. 



Neochmia phaeton albiventer, subsp. n. 



White-bellied Crimson Finch. 



Differs from N. p. phaeton in having a white belly and a grey 

 head. 



Type from Claudie River, North Queensland, 19th January, 

 1914. 



Some Birds Occurring at the Reedbeds, on the 

 Adelaide Plains, this Summer. 



By S. A. White. 



For the first time in my recollection five White-browed 

 Babblers (Morganornis [pomatorhinus] superciliosus) put in 

 their appearance at "Wetunga" in January. Their harsh 

 cry is heard every day, and they spend much time amongst 

 the fruit trees, where they are doing much igood in search- 

 ing out the codlin moth grubs. •• 



Every year we have the Brush Wattle Bird {Antliochaera 

 chrysoptera intermedia) with us, and very often they nest and 

 remain' with us through the year. It is not uncommon for 

 these birds to rear two broods, and in one instance they 

 brought out the third batch. 



