MATHEWS — Birds of North and North-West Australia. 137 



Birds of the 

 North and North-West of Australia. 



From Skins and Notes made by the late Capt. T, H. 

 Bowyer-Bower. 



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



No. 13 



186. Setosura setosa tormenti. Western Fantail. 

 RMpidura setosa tormenti (Mathews), Austral. Av. Rec, 



Vol. I., p. 90, 1912. Point Torment, North-West Australia. 



No. 232— $ . Length, 6.7 inches (29/8/86). 



Irides, dark brown; bill, black; legs and feet, brownish 

 black. 



No. 283— ? . Length, 6.9 inches (6/9/86). 



No. 289— 9 . Length, 6.9 inches (7/9/86). 



No. 291— 5 . Length, 6.7 inches (8/9/86). 



No. 482— $ . Length, 6.8 inches (31/10/86). 



This male was shot from the nest where it had been sit- 

 ting. The eggs have a creamy white back ground. 



187. Myiagra rubecula yorki. Northern Leaden Flycatcher 

 Myiagra rubecula ijorki (Mathews), Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII. , 



p. 321, 1912. Cape York. 

 Nos. 22, 23— 5 . (4/5/13). 

 Thursday Island, off Cape York, North Queensland. 



188. Myiagra rubecula broomei. Western Blue Flycatcher. 

 Myiagra rubecula broomei (Mathews), Austral. Av. Rec, 



Vol. I., p. 90, 1912. Napier Broome Bay, North-West Aus- 



No. 61— S . Length, 5.4 inches (29/5/86). 

 Bill, blackish grey; legs, black. 

 No. 112— 5 . Length, 5.9 inches (8/6/86). 

 No. 237— $ . Length, 6.1 inches (29/8/86). 



Irides, brown; bill, lead colour, with tips and edges of 

 mandibles black, which colour continues in the form of a fine 

 line from the tip for a short distance up the culmen; legs and 

 feet, black. 



No. 306—9. Length, 6.1 inches (12/9/86). 



No. 317— 2 . Length, 5.9 inches (27/7/86). 



No. 351— 5 . Length, 6. inches (19/9/86). 



No. 407— $ . Length, 5.9 inches (17/10/86). 



No. 454— $ . Length, 5.8 inches (27/10/86). 



