YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
fore-neck. The total length 6T5 inches, wing 3-08, tail 2-9, bill 0*5, tarsus 
0'9. . . . Mr. Barnard thus refers to the above specimen: ‘ I send you 
a small bird I shot at Bimbi on the 10th dime, 1905, wliich is new to me. 
When first seen it was on the ground and ran along like the Australian Pipit 
{Anthus mistralis). Durmg flight the white feathers on each side of the tail 
were very conspicuous. It is the only one I have ever seen and my attention 
was flrst attracted to it by its sharp whistlmg note.’ ” 
The above constitutes the only record of this wanderer from the north, 
and it is interesting to note that the Grey Wagtail has been found in New 
Guinea, but not this form previously. 
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