from Western Australia. 139 
Victoria tliat cro^s just as the wild western bird does. 
Fresh eggs were observed at Geraldton on Oct. 13tb ; and 
the nestj which was compactly built, was placed at the top 
of a Banksia some ten feet from the ground. It was mainly 
formed of light-coloured rootlets with a few heavier sticks 
to form a binding base. The internal layer was made up of 
threads from gunny-bags, collected in an adjacent wheat- 
field. A band of black horsehair encircled the lower part 
of the cavity of the nest, which was 13 inches broad, with 
its bowl-diameter 6 inches, and depth 3 inches. The whole 
depth of the nest was about 9 inches. The three eggs were 
of the chestnut type so often seen in Victoria. 
26. Orececa cristata. Bell-bird. (Hallos Key, p. 32.) 
I obtained an adult at Katanning on Oct. 4th. Although 
I spent three days there, I did not hear any note that would 
correspond to the vernacular name. 
27. EopsALTRiA GEORGiANA. Grey-brcastcd Shrike-Robin. 
(Hairs Key, p. 33.; 
A, B. Fledgling sks. 28th and 30th Sept. Tor Bay, 
Albany. 
C, D. Iram. sks. 29.10.99. Geraldton. 
E, F. Ad. sks. 26th and 28th Sept. Tor Bay, Albany. 
Just as the eastern representative (E. australis) goes 
rapidly through a series of three changes and more leisurely 
enters a fourth (adult), so does this form. The young as 
they leave their nests appear, at first sight, brown, much 
streaked with white (A and B) ; then, judging by analogy, 
they quickly get a touch of olive-yellow, next get more 
yellow while the plumage is becoming greyer (C and D), and 
finally (next season) don the lighter yellow (E and F) . 
. 28. Pachycephala occidentalis. Western Thick-head. 
(HalFs Key, p. 33) 
Skins of males were procured at Tor Bay and Katanning 
in the first week of October, and of females at Denmark and 
Tor Bay within a day or two of the same time. 
I found the nest and eggs of one of the Katanning birds 
on Oct. 6th in a belt of Melaleuca alongside of the expanding 
