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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 
The specimen from Laverton, which appears to be 
immature, has the spiny feathers below the ear short, 
provided with yellow vanes, forming a yellow patch. 
[The Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater was plentiful in the 
central districts. This is the a Water-bird ” of the Colonists, 
and is said to be seldom found far from a water-hole. It is 
gregarious in its habits.— G. C. S.~\ 
Anellobia lunulata (Gould). 
Anellobia lunulata Math. p. 99. 
a-c. $ $ et juv. King River, 9th-23rd Dec. 
d, e. ? et juv. Near Albany, 23rd & 24th March. 
/. ? imra. Big Grove, 1st May. 
Iris crimson ; bill black ; legs of a pinkish-slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 11'25-13’0 inches. 
[The Lunulated Wattle-bird is often gregarious, and was 
plentiful in the coastal districts of the south-west. It often 
frequented Banksia thickets.— G. C. £.] 
ACANTHOCHA2RA CARUNCULATA (Lath.). 
Acanthochcera carunculata Math. p. 98. 
a-d. (?. Arthur River, 17th June-lst July. 
e, /. c? ? • Parker’s Range, 9th-llth Aug. 
g. $ . Kurrawang, 5th Sept. 
Iris varying from reddish-brown to dull crimson ; wattles 
deep pink ; bill black; legs brownish-pink. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 13-15 inches. 
[The W r attled Honey-eater was fairly plentiful and is 
more or less gregarious in its habits. It is rare in the coastal 
district of the extreme south-west, where its place is taken 
by Anellobia lunulata. — G. C. 5.] 
Myzantha flavigula Gould. 
Myzantha flavigula Math. p. 98. 
a-i. $ $ . Kurrawang, 3rd Sept.-3rd Oct. 
k. . Laverton, 26th Oct. 
l . . Carnarvon, 25th Aug. 
m. $ . Clifton Downs, 13th Oct. 
Iris dark brown; naked skin round the orbit and on the 
throat canary-yellow; bill dark ochre-vellow ; legs brownish- 
yellow. 
