MATHEWS— Birds of North and Korth-W est Australia. 8£ 



ing "Yellow-runiped pardalote" {Pardalotus punctatus 

 vanthopygus) constructing their nesting tunnel in a bank. 

 "Harmonious Shrike-Thrush" (Colluriocincla harmonica wc- 

 toriae), nesting on the side of a rock, in same situation as last 

 year's nest, also the restless flycatcher (Seisura mqmeta) busily 

 building their nest. Mr. J. W. Mellor stated that a pair of 

 shrike thrushes had built a nest on a window-sill of an out- 

 house at the Reed-beds. Capt. White said he had seen fully 

 fledged voung of this bird during the second week of the' 

 present month, he also stated that the Spotted-sided Finch 

 (Stagonopleura guttata pMlordi) and the Red-browed Fmch 

 (Aeqintha temporalis loftyi) were both nesting at the Reed-beds 

 within a few yards of each other. The same member drew 

 attention to the last number of the "Ibis" tenth series, VoL 

 III No 3, which -contains some fine plates, also the Austral 

 Avian Record, Vol. III., No. 2, containing a reproduction of 

 Thos. Watling's painting of the "pallid cuckoo" painted in 

 the Tear 1790, when Latham described it as a pale pigeon 

 (Colilmba pallida). Mr. Mathews concludes his explanation 

 w ith-— "The plate here given is a faithful copy in the minutest 

 detail of the painting made by Thomas Watling about the 

 vear 1790. It must when criticising, therefore, be remembered 

 that 125 vears have elapsed since it was made, and allowance 

 given for draftsmanship. When this is done I am sure all 

 Australian Ornithologists will agree with me that it is a good 

 figure of the cuckoo in immature plumage, and that Latham » 

 name, as confirmed by Gould, is tenable." 



Birds of the 

 North and North-West of Australia. 



FROM NOTES AND SKINS MADE BY THE LATE CAPT, 

 T. H. BOWYER-BOWER. 



By Gregory M. Mathews, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., M.B.O.U. 



No. 4. 



The following birds were collected by the late Bowyer- 

 Bower in 1880. Most of them were shot near Derby, but a 

 few were obtained at Thursday Island, off North Queensland. 



