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Sericornis brunnea, Gould. 



JPyrrholcemus brunnea, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. III., pi. 68- 

 Sericornis brunnea, Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., VII., p. 302 V 

 id., Hall, "Key to the Birds of Austr.," p. 26. 

 Skin, adult male, 12/3/'99. Log. — Golden Ridge. 



Micrceca assimilis, Goidd. 



Jlicrceca assimilis, Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. IV., p. 

 124; Hall, "Key to the Birds of Austr.," p. 13. 

 Adult skin (unsexed), 16/10/ ; 98. 



Pomatorhinus superciliosus, Vig. and Hors. 



Pomatorhinus superciliosus, Gould, Bds. Aust., fol. vol. IV.i 

 pi. 22; Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. VII., p. 419; Hall, 

 "Key to the Birds of Austr.," p. 29. 



a, b. Male and female, 19/3/'99. 



c, d. Immature skins, 17/l/'99, 19/3/'99. 



Xerophila, s^. 



The one skin received does not agree with any of the known 

 species as described. X. leucopsis is the only species of the genus 

 in Western Australia, and with that it has very little agreement. 

 A provisional description was given by the writer in the " Vic- 

 torian Naturalist," XVI., No. 2. 



ClNCLOSOMA CASTANONOTUM,* Gould. 



Cinclosoma castanonotus, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. IV., 

 pi. 5. 



Cinclosoma castanonotum, Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., VII., 

 p. 333 ; Hall, " Key to the Birds of Aust.," p. 27. 



Adult skin, male, 2/1 2/ '98. The back and rump feathers are 

 dull chestnut, compared with the rich chestnut of the Eastern 

 birds in my cabinet. 



Climacteris rufa, Gould. 



Climacteris rufa, Gould, Bds. Austr., \fol. vol. IV., pi. 94 '■> 

 Gadow, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., VIII., p. 33o ; Hall, "Key to the 

 Birds of Austr.," p. 35. 



Adult skin, male, 24/7/'98. 



The common tree-creeper of this district. 



Climacteris superciliosa, North. 



ClimacUris swpercil iosa, North, " Horn Exp. Cent. Aust.," 

 Zool., plate ; Hall, " Vic. Nat.," vol. XVI., No. 11 ; id., "Key to 

 the Birds of Austr.," p 35. 



a. Skin, male, 30/10/ '98. 6. Skin, female, 24/ll/'98. 



I am in receipt of a skin from Nannine, N.W.A., and dated 

 30/7/'99. It is probably a female, and shows the two central 



