110 MATHEWS— Birds of North and North-West Australia. 



No. 308— 9 . Length, 8.5 inches (12/9/8G). 



Irides, brown round the pupil, and gradually shading into 

 olive grey on its outer circle; upper mandible, black, lower, 

 olive-brown; front of tarsi and feet brownish ochre; back of 

 tarsi and soles of feet, dirty yellow ; inside of bill and mouth, 

 bright salmon colour, deepest on the latter. 



No. 348— $ . Length, 9.0 inches (19/9/86). 



No. 445—5. Length, 8.9 inches (26/10/86). 



No. 527— $ . Length, 9.0 inches (8/11/86). 



156. Owenavis osculans ROGERsi. Western Black-eared 



Cuckoo. 

 Owenavis osculans rogersi (Mathews), Austral. Av. Rec, 

 Irides, brown, bill and feet, black. 

 Vol. I., p. 13, 1912. Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 

 No. 218— 2 . Length, 7.85 inches (5/7/86). 

 No. 358—9. Length, 8.1 inches (2/8/86). 

 No. 359— $ . Length, 7.8 inches (2/8/86). 

 No. 411—9. Length, 8.1 inches (18/10/86). 

 These birds were observed in a thick tea-tree scrub. 



157. Neochalcites basalis wyndhami. Western Narrow- 



billed Bronze Cuckoo. 



Chrysococcyx basalis wyndhami (Mathews), Austral. Av. 

 Rec, Vol. L, p. 14, 1912. Point Torment, North-west Aus- 

 tralia. 



No. 118— Length, 6.8 inches (12/6/86). 



Irides, brownish grey; bill, black, bluish at the base of 

 the lower mandible; feet mealy black. 



160. Polophilus phasianinus melanurus. North-western 

 Coucal. 



Centropus melanurus (Gould), Birds, Austral., Vol. IV., 

 text te pi. 92, 1847. Derby, North-west Australia. 



No. 202— 9 . Length, 2 feet, 3 inches (28/6/86). 



No. 214— 9 . (1/7/86). 



Irides, light greenish brown; space around the eye, bluish 

 lead colour; bill, fleshy white; legs and feet, lead colour. 



No. 220— $ . Length, 25.7 (26/8/86). 



165. Hylochelidon nigricans neglecta. Western Tree 

 Martin. 



Petrochelidon nigricans neglecta (Mathews), Nov. Zool., 

 Vol. XVI II., p. 301* 1912. Fitzroy River, North-west Aus- 

 tralia. 



No. 297—5. Length, 4.8 inches. 



No. 298.— Length, 4.7 inches (21/7/86). 



