4.10.99. Kataniiing. 
140 Mr. R. Hall on Birds 
part of a creek. I could imagine quite easily that I was 
examining into the life-history of the eastern representative, 
P. ffutturalis. 
29. Climacteris rufa. Hufous Tree-creeper. (Hall's 
Key, p. 35.) 
A. Ad. sk. 
B. Young. 
The young bird was perched upon a log and was being fed 
by its parents. 
Specimen B. — The dorsal surface differs from that of the 
adult in having the forehead and crown slate-coloured, and 
the lores of a similar colour with a very faint indication of 
chestnut ; the upper tail-coverts rufous, with a wash of the 
same over the tail; the tail itself clearly edged with rufous. 
The whole under surface is like that of the adult, except the 
throat, which is brown washed with rufous, and the chest, 
which is uniform and not striped ; feathers of flanks without 
pale tips. Bill 045 inch. 
Amongst the tall dead timber of Tor Bay, Albany, I could 
see the parents taking food to their youug (2.10.99). 
30. SiTTELLA piLEATA. Black-cappcd Trcc-runner. (HalFs 
Key, p. 36.) 
Three adult males and one adult female. 29.9.99. Tor 
Bay, Albany. 
These four birds were seen together engaged in a frolic 
of some kind, and one discharge with a '^ half '' cartridge 
secured them all. At Katanniiig, on Oct. 5th, I observed 
in a high dilapidated tree (that I would not trust with any 
additional weight) a nest of fledged young. This is a 
sociable bird and full of chatter. 
31. Myzomela nigra. Black Honey-eater. (Hall's Key, 
p. 37.) 
Two adults. 14.10.99. Geraldton. 
One has the breast-marking brown ; the other is black 
upon the breast. The few specimens of this species seen 
were always upon the sand-plains, which were thickly 
adorned with a brightly coloured covering at this time 
