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bird. The aborigines of W.A. have noted two settled calls. This 

 supports the statement of Dr. Stirling and Mr. Zeitz (Roy. Soc, 

 S.A., XVI., p. 156) that they are the calls of young and old of 

 the same species. A nest with three eggs was hidden in a group 

 of young leaves. 



Cracticus. destructor, Temm. 



Cracticus destructor, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. II., pi. 52 ; 

 Gadow, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. VIII., p. 100; Hall, "Key 

 Bds. Austr.," p. 32. 



By examining a series of skins, I find the most developed male 

 may be recognised by the white throat, grey back, flanks and 

 sides of upper breast greyish-white; culmen, 1*62 inches. The 

 development is from deep-brown on the dorsal region to black and 

 grey; from light-brown on the under surface to a nearly clear 

 white under surface in the adult. The brown barring on the 

 young is displaced by the faint blue-grey on the sides of the 

 breast in the adult. 



a. Skin, juv. male, ll/12/'98. The feather-shafts from the 

 forehead to the interscapulum are rufous-brown. 



b. Skin, female fledgling, about three days out of nest, 20/1 l/'97. 

 Head, neck, and back deep-brown ; rump light-brown ; upper tail 

 coverts light-brown, barred with deep-brown ; centres of cheek 

 feathers light-brown ; sides of neck show brown patches ; lores 

 brown ; throat, abdomen, and under tail coverts white, tinged with 

 brown ; chest and breast brown and brownish-white, the brown 

 forming blotches and bars ; wings deep-brown, secondaries and 

 coverts edged with pale-rufous ; tail brown, tipped with white, 

 tinged with pale-rufous ; bill brownish-black at the base, brown 

 at the tips; legs slatey-brown. Length of wing, 4'3 ins.; tail, 

 2-8 ins.; culmen, 0'85." 



Ptilotis ornata, Gould. 

 Ptilotis ornata, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. IV., pi. 39; Gadow, 

 Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. IX., p. 244; Hall, "Key Austr. Bds.," 

 p. 43. 



a. Skin, adult female, 4/9/'98. Loc. — Golden Ridge. 



b. Skin, adult female, 16/10/'98. Loc. — Kalgoorlie Centre. 

 The two centre tail feathers were very much decomposed. 



c. Skin, immature, 2/4/'99. Loc. — " Hannan's Lake." General 

 plumage browner than in a or b. More yellow on wings ; breast 

 more heavily blotched with brown ; edges of inner w^ebs of 

 primaries edged with fulvous. New tail quills were developing, 

 and the bird was concluding its autumn moult. 



Manorhina flavigula, Gould, 

 Myzantha Jlavigula, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. IV., p. 79. 

 Manorhina Jlavigula, Gadow, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. IX., 

 p. 261; Hall, "Key Austr. Bds.," p. 44. 



