MATHEWS— Birds of North and North-West Australia. 22i> 



Irides,brown ; bill, brown ; inside of nostrils, fine yellow, in- 

 side of bill, white, becoming light yellow round the swallow; 

 legs and feet, olive brown, lighter at the bottom of each scale 

 or the tarsi. 



No. 389— S . Length, 15.3 inches ( 9/8/86) . 



Irides, brown; bill, brown; much lighter at the tip of both 

 mandibles, the inside of the nostrils light dirty yellow, inside of 

 bill, orange, brightest round the swallow ; legs and feet, olive ; 

 lighter and brighter at the bottom of the scales on both tarsi 

 and foot. 



No. 373— $ . Length, 16. inches 6/8/86). 



Irides, dark brown, lighter round the pupil; bill, dark 

 brownish olive, inside of bill, yellowish white; legs and feet, 

 dark olive. 



The bower was built under a thick bush, which was pulled 

 down by the bird after being visited. At one end was a small 

 collection of bones, at the other charcoal. The birds feed on 

 the reddish blackberry which grows on a small bush. 



314. Corvus cecilab. Northern Crow. 



Corvus- coronoides cecilac (Mathews), Nov. Zool., Vol. 

 XV II I., p. 142, 1912. Napier Broome Bay, North-west Austra- 

 lia. 



No. 34—$. Length, 18.4 inches (30/7/86). 



Trides, brown, with aD outer circle of pale grey ; bill, legs, 

 and feet, black. Another bird had the irides particoloured. 

 That is. brown next the pupil and white outside. 



Notes upon the Black^breasted Plover 



(Zonifer tricolor, Vicillot). 



(By S.A. White, C.M.B.O.TJ.) 



The Black-breasted Plover is widely distributed, being 

 found all over Australia with the exception of the tropical 

 parts. It also inhabits Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and the 

 Islands of Bass Straits. This bird's presence is soon known 

 by its far-reaching, but musical note, which is given both upon 

 the wing and on the ground ; it moves over the ground in series 

 of short runs, pausing in between. It was once very numer- 

 ous upon the Adelaide Plains, especially here at the Reed-beds, 

 where it is still to be seen, but not in such numbers ns in 

 the days gone by. 



