from Western Australia. 135 
slightest. Skill A is as like a Victorian skin dated 17.7.96 
(1-2 years old) as those of any two birds from localities 
so far apart can be*. This induces me to consider the 
western species as identical with the eastern, and in support 
of my view I may adduce the following points : — 
Dr. Sharpe, in the Brit. Mus. Cat., has left the question 
open, because the key given for 2?. preissi is in the main the 
same as that for R. pelzelni of Norfolk Island. Mr. Gould 
called the former a species on the authority of Dr. Cabanis ; 
and Dr. Sharpe^ I believe, had a bird in the Museum (Gray's 
Hand-list, p. 331, 1869) which did not convince him that 
the species was valid, although he did not make a synonym 
of the name on account of the doubt attaching to it. 
Eggs found last season south-east of the Stirling Hange 
may be described as resembling those of the eastern form. 
16. SisuRA iNQUiETA. Restlcss Flycatchcr. (HalFs Key, 
p. 19.) 
An adult skin secured upon the banks of the Denmark 
E/iver (2.10.99) has its chest pure white and the primaries 
blue-black, in keeping with the secondaries. 
17. AcANTHiZA iNORNATA. Plain- colourcd Tit. (Hall's 
Key, p. 25.) 
Two adult specimens were secured between Albany and the 
Denmark River on the 5th and 7th of November. 
18. AcANTHizA APicALis. Broad-tailcd Tit. (HalFs Key, 
p. 25.) 
A Ad 2 ^ 
-d' .-,' ;[- Denmark. 3.11.99. 
B. Ad. c?. J 
r Ad ^ 
D Ad" J ^^^ -^^^^ Albany. 30.9.99. 
* While age intensij&es the black of the collar beneath the throat, it 
also makes the contrast clearer between this collar and the tawny chest 
of the perfectly mature eastern bird. As to the West-Australian bird 
having more white on the terminal half of the tail, I can only say that 
its tail must be nearly all whits if it has more of that colour than is shown 
in one of my skins (3.8.96, Victoria). I consider this difference as merely 
a matter of age, and that Gould's record needs his specimens to support 
it (see his 'Handbook,' i. p. 246). 
