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throated Minah ( Manor hina Jiavigula). It has probably made 

 its course from the centre of the Eyrean sub-region, where it has 

 long been known to exist. The species received by myself are 33 

 in number. Mr. Cameron has noted in addition ten species. Of 

 the ten species recorded by the Elder Expedition further North, 

 seven are found near Kalgoorlie township. 



Cerchneis cenchroides, Vig. and Hors. 



Tinnunculus cenchroides, V. and H.; id., Gould, Bds, Austr., 

 fol. vol. I., pi. 13. 



Cerchneis cenchroides, Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., I., p. 431 ; 

 Hall, " Key to the Birds of Austr.," p. 3. 



Adult skin (unsexed), December, 1898. Bars on tail feathers 

 almost obsolete. Both sexes take part in incubation, the male 

 sitting in the hollow of another tree during the night and reliev- 

 ing its mate in the task of incubation during the day. The young 

 when ready to fly are without the yellow cere. 



Hieracidea orientalis, Schlegel. 



Hieracidea berigora, Could., Bds. Austr., fol. vol. I., pi. 11. 

 Hieracidea orientalis, Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. I., p. 

 422; Hall, "Key to the Birds of Austr.," p. 3. 

 One juvenile skin received. 



Pachycephala gilberti, Gould. 



Pachycephala gilberti, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. II., pi. 71 ; 

 Gadow, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. VIII., p. 210; Hall, "Key to 

 the Birds of Austr.," p. 34. 



a. Skin, male, 16/10/'98. This specimen does not show a 

 black pectoral collar. 



b. Skin, immature male, 26/9/'99. Upper surface with a slight 

 disposition to ashen grey on crown and back, throat and abdomen 

 greyish-white, chest and breast grey, lores grey, wings greyish, 

 tips of primaries being brown ; tail grey, upper-tail coverts clear 

 grey, under wing coverts sandy buff. Length of wing, 3*75 ins.; 

 tail 3 - 5 ins." 



On September 1st a nest was found containing four eggs, three 

 being the hitherto recorded number to a clutch. The nest was 

 composed of small sticks and bark, the measurements being — 

 Exterior diameter, 6 ins.; depth of cavity, 4 ins.; total depth, 

 6 ins.; depth of cavity, 2 ins. Height of nest from ground, 5 feet. 



ACANTHIZA APICALIS, Goidd. 



Acanthiza apicalis, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. III., pi. 57 ; 

 Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., VI L, p. 296; Hall, "Key to the 

 Birds of Austr.," p. 25. 



Skin, adult male, 14/8/'98. 



It is a plentiful bird here. 



