188 Mr. R. Hall on Birds 
In A, Bj and C the under tail-coverts are not narrowly 
edged Trith white; those of D are clearly so. 
Description of A [young). — Shafts of head- and neck- 
feathers fulvous, giving a light-brown appearance ; upon the 
slate-grey of the back are a few feathers deeply edged with 
fulvous ; rump brownish black, with small brown edgings to 
feathers ; tail much as in adult ; wings slate-grey, tipped with 
dirty white, the outer webs darker than the inner ; a few of 
the upper coverts edged with fulvous ; chin and lores black ; 
throat grey ; chest, breast, and abdomen sooty grey ; under 
tail-coverts black ; under wiiigs silvery grey, coverts white. 
So thoroughly insectivorous is this species, in common with 
others of its genus, that in search of insects it dips its bill into 
the corollse of flowers and brings it out covered with pollen, 
which makes the black chin and forehead appear yellow. It is 
thus an effective agent in the process of cross-fertilization. 
47. ZoNiEGiNTHUS ocuLATUs. Rcd-cared Finch. (HalFs 
Key, p. 49.) 
Two ad. sk. Sept. 27th, Oct. 2nd. Denmark. 
At Tor Bay I observed this Finch building a nest, from 
which, four days later, I took two fresh eggs. Both eggs 
and nest are what Australians call '''typical Finches\''' A 
Banksia situated amongst " black boys "" (Xanthorrhoea) was 
utilized for the nest, a good look out being thus ensured 
over an acre or two of ground. 
So far as I saw, the south-west corner of Australia did not 
appear to contain many Finches, and they were represented 
by one species only. Only two out of twenty Australian 
species are found in West Australia, one of which I do not 
think would care to live in the moist climate of the south- 
west. The resident form is the *' red-eared,^' which seems 
to me to act in the south-west the part that the " red-browed^* 
species plays in the south-east, most of each district being 
damp and wild. 
48. PoDARGUs PHAL^NoiDES. Freckled Frog-mouth. 
(Hairs Key, p. 55.) 
Fledgling, sk. 28.10.99. Geraldton. 
Description of fledgling. — There were two sj^ecimens in 
