68 ASSBY — Notes on Birds collected near Pine Creek, \.T. 



72. Myzantha melanocephala whitei — Southern black-headed 

 minah. A recent arrival. 



73. Goleia carunculata tregetlasi — Victorian yellow wattle 

 bird. Tomes in autumn. 



74. AntJioelw&ra carunculata intermedia — Southern red 

 wattle bird (Brush wattle bird). 



*75. Acanthagenys rufogularis cygnus — Southern spiny- 

 cheeked honey-eater. 



76. Anthus australis adelaidcnsift — Southern pipit (Ground 

 lark). 



Introduced birds: — 

 Domestic pigeon. 

 Starling. 

 Blackbird. 

 House sparrow. 

 Goldfinch. 

 Greenfinch. 



Further Notes on Birds collected near Pine 

 Creek, Northern Territory. 



[By Edwin Ashby, M.B.O.U., "Wittunga," Blackwood.] 



I have received a second parcel of birds collected by Mr. 

 C. E. May. 



Gracticus nigrogularis picatus, Gld. — Pied butcher bird. — 

 Two specimens were received of this species, and although very 

 little difference is evident between the two sexes the beak of 

 the male is a little longer and the build of the bird is more 

 robust. The black in the female is not as deep a black as in the 

 other sex. and the mantle is grey instead of white. This sub- 

 species is smaller than the South Queensland bird. 



Seisura inqu i eta nana, Gld. — Little restless flycatcher. — 

 One specimen only, the beak is much shorter than that of the 

 southern form, being 125 m.m. against the latter's 175 m.m. 

 The northern bird is shorter in length and more slender, and the 

 sheen on the crown is greenish instead of purple, with a strong 



