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obtain a brighter frontal yellow band, a clearer red upon the 

 shoulders, and more white upon the tail feathers to become fully 

 adult. 



Barnardius zonarius, Shaw. 



Platycercus bauri, Gould. Bds. Austr., fol. vol. V., pi. 20. 



Barnardius zonarius, Salvad., Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., XX., 

 p. 560; Hall, "Key Bds. Austr.," p. 66. 



Adult skin, 19/2/'99. The specimen was concluding a moult, 

 for the last of the yellow feathers of the breast were " bursting." 

 All but the outer three quills have a maculated line upon the 

 under surface of the wing. Tn the South- West this species nips 

 off the blossoms of the eucalypts when they have once been 

 explored for nectar. It is not improbable that this is the means 

 for saving the labour of re-examining a flower. Thousands of 

 blossoms daily fall by this means. 



Melopsittacus undulatus, Shaw, 

 Melopsittacus undulatus, \ Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. V., pi. 

 44 ; Salvad., Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., vol. XX., p. 594; Hall, "Key 

 Bds. Austr.," p. 68. 



Skin, adult male, 16/10/'98. 



The species flocks into the district in July, and pairs in 

 October, as far as noted. The skin received showed an inner 

 quill missing from one wing, and one strangely growing from the 

 lower back. It appeared to be identical with the missing one. 

 The not unusual occurrence of a snake entering the nest of a bird 

 occurred under Mr. Cameron's notice, and the four eggs were 

 eaten by the reptile, after which it slept for several hours in the 

 nest. 



The following species have been recognised by Mr. Cameron, 

 without the skins being forwarded to the writer : — 



Uroaetus audax, Latham. 



Falco melanogenys, Gould. 



Cor one australis, Gould. 



Graucalus melanops, Latham. 



Podargus phalcenoides, Gould (1). 



Eupodotis atistralis, Gray. 



Dromaus novas-hollandicB, Latham. 



Cheramceca leucosternum, Gould. 



Plectrorhynchus lanceolatus,* Gould. 



Gymnorhina dorsalis, Camp. 



Rhipidura tricolor, Vieill. 



Not yet recorded as a W.A. species. 



