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all calling as loudly as they can ; tiien one bird will fly o& to> 

 another tree, and all will follow one after the other. The 

 skins procured agree with those collected between Oodnadatta 

 and the MacDonnell Ranges. 



ACANTHOGENYS RUFOGULARIS CYGNUS, MathcwS 



(Southern Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater). 

 Wherever we met with flowering trees and shrubs this bird 

 was fairly plentiful. No difference can be detected between 

 this and the southern bird. 



Family MOTAOILLIDAE. 

 Anthus austealis adelaidensis, Mathews (Southern Pipet). 



These birds were often met with in pairs on the saltbush 

 plains and open patches in the mulga. In one instance they 

 were found breeding. 



Family PLOGEIDAE. 



Taeniopygia castanotis, Gould (Chestnut-eared Finch). 



These birds congregated night and morning in great 



numbers at some of the waters, and the ground under the 



bushes and around the watering-places was white with excreta 



of these finches. 



Emblema pieta ethelae, (9) Mathews (Painted Finch). 

 This is a very rare and shy bird. Seen once or twice in 

 the deep gorges of the Musgrave Ranges, and seemed to be 

 feeding upon the seed of the porcupine grass. 



Family COVIDAE. 

 CoRvus coRONOiDES PERPLExus, Mathews (Southern Raven). 

 Numbers of these birds were seen. They are very 

 puzzling, for skins were collected with white basal half to 

 feathers, while others had these black. The majority had 

 white eyse, a few having hazel or light-brown eyes. 



NeOSTREPERA VERSICOLOR PLUMBEA, Gould 



(Leaden Crow-Shrike). 



This is a record for this bird to be found in South Aus- 

 tralia, but it is only an overlapping of a western form. Met 

 with in the Musgrave and Everard Ranges, and was heard of 

 on the Alberga River at Lambinna Soak. Not plentiful ; very 

 shy and wary. A pair was nesting in the Everard Range in 

 August. 



(9) A. A. Record, vol. ii., No. 5. 



