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bore a close resemblance to those of C. niaculata. At Owen Springs we were 
informed tliat in dry weather these birds come to the water-buckets under tlie 
verandah to drink, and become quite fearless of the presence of persons sitting 
close by.] 
No. 57. CoKVUS CORONOIDES, Vigors and diorsfield. Australian Crow. 
Corvus coronoides, Vig. and Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc., Vol. XV., p. 261 
(1826); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. III., p. 20 (1877); North, Nests 
and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 186, pi vii., tig. 8 (1889). 
One adult male and one immature female, Hermannburg ; one adult male, 
Heavitree Gap. Similar to examples obtained in New South Wales. 
[A camp-tire seems to possess an irresistible attraction for these birds. No 
matter where the wanderer in Central Australia may decide to boil his “billy,” he 
is sure to have a visit from one or more of these Crows before the water boils. They 
are very bold, and at times come into the camp in search of food. Once at 
Heavitree Gap a Crow seized a piece of meat from the table whilst the cook was at 
work. At Hermannburg over thirty Crows were within gunshot at one time, 
waiting for the refuse from the birds I was skinning. Both at Hermannburg and 
Heavitree Gap scores of these birds were noted which all had hazel eyes, but at 
Stevenson Creek they were found in company with those possessing Avhite eyes. 
A pair of dark-eyed birds shot at Hermannburg measured as follows :—Male, 
weighed 20ijoz.; 3 feet 4 inches from tip to tip of wings; length, 20 inches ; from 
tip joint to end of third primary, 13 inches. Female, 18|oz.; spread of wings, 
3 feet 3 inches; length, 20 inches ; from joint to end of third primary, 13 inches. 
Others shot at Heavitree Gap were of similar proportions.] 
No. 58. PoMATosTOMUs RUBECULUS, Gould. Red-breasted Pomatostomus. 
Ponialorhinus rubecuhis^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 144; /A, Bds. 
Austr., fob, Vol. IV., pi. 21 (1848); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. VII., 
p. 421 (1883). 
Poniatostonius rubecuins, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., 2nd series, 
p. 1088 (1886) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 155 (1889). 
One adult female, Crown Point. Similar to examples from Port Hai’vvin and 
Derby. It is interesting to extend the range of this northern and north-western 
Australian species to Central Australia. 
