from Western Australia. 185 
basal two-thirds of lower mandible flesh-coloured. Culmen 
07 inch. In other respects similar to the adult. 
40. Manorhina FLAViGULA. Ycllow- throatcd Minah. 
(HalFs Key, p. 44.) 
To identify three clutches of eggs found on Oct. 4th, an 
adult specimen was shot. Length of wing 4"95 inches. One 
nest was placed in a Hakea some five feet from the ground 
and another in a Eucalypt twenty feet high. The fabric has 
the same appearance as an eastern example, being 3'5 inches 
in external diameter, 2"5 in internal diameter, and 2 deep 
(cavity) . 
41. AcAnthoch^.ra carunculata. Red- wattle Bird. 
(HalFs Key, p. 44.) 
Sk. ad. ? . 4.10.99. Katanning. 
A nest with two fresh eggs contaiued also one of Cuculus 
pallidus (Oct. 4th) . Outwardly the structure was assimilated 
in appearance to the supporting tree, being made of acacia 
(" jam '^) twigs. The middle layer was of grass and the 
lining of sheep's wool, particularly thick at the bottom. 
External diameter 6 inches, internal diameter 3, depth of 
bowl 1*5. 
42. Pardalotus ornatus. Striated Pardalote. (HalFs 
Key, p. 46.) 
One ad. sk. 4.10.99. Katanning. (Yellow specula.) 
I secured a specimen of a Pardalote to determine the 
species and concluded that it was P. affinis. Upon re-exami- 
nation at home 1 was very much surprised to find the wings 
marked with white as in P. ornatus, while the bold specula 
were yellow. This constituted a phase not hitherto recorded, 
as P. ornatus is only known to assume the scarlet tipping. 
If the subspecies P. assimilis is allowed to have so wide a 
range in the colouring of the speculum as scarlet, crimson, 
orange, or yellow, the same may be the case here. I feel 
disposed to consider it merely a matter of time to discover that 
birds with the scarlet and lemon specula exist in one or more 
areas of the continent; and then the species will be placed on 
the same footing as the subspecies as regards the speculum. 
