Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
655 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 9*5-10*5 inches. 
[The Yellow-throated Miner takes the place of M. obscura 
in the central and western divisions. It was very abundant 
on the Gascoyne River.— G. C. $.] 
The above-mentioned series clearly belongs to the smaller 
M. ftavigula and not to M. lutea; the wing in the male 
measures 4*8-5 inches, and in the female from 4*65-4*7. 
Myzantha obscura Gould. 
Myzantha obscura Math. p. 98. 
a-d. S' ? • Arthur River, 21st-30th June. 
Iris dark brown ; naked skin round the eye bright canary- 
yellow ; bill yellow ; legs dull yellow, brownish above. 
Total length, measured in the flesh :—male, 10*5 inches ; 
female, 9*75-10*0 inches. 
[The Sombre Miner is gregarious in its habits and 
frequents the forest-districts of the south-west. It wa& not 
observed so far south as Albany.— G. C. S.] 
Meliornis long!rostris (Gould). 
Meliornis longirostris Math. p. 98. 
a-c. $ . King River, 7th-17th Dec. 
d. Ad. Lower King River, 5th March. 
e-i. $ et juv. Big Grove, 22nd March-30th April. 
Iris white; bill black ; legs blackish-brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 7*0-7*5 inches. 
[The Long-billed Honey-eater was very abundant in the 
coastal districts of the south-west. It was observed as far 
inland as Beverley, but was not common there.— G. C. £.] 
Ptilotis carteri Campbell. 
Ptilotis carteri Milligan, Emu, iii. p. 248, pi. xvi. tig. 1 
(1904) ; Math. p. 97. 
a-e. S ? • Carnarvon, 2nd-25th Aug. 
f-h. $ $ . Clifton Downs. 4th-11th Oct. 
Iris dark brown ; bill black, gape and nostrils occasionally 
yellowish; legs of a flesh-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh :—male, 6*5-7’0 inches; 
female, 6*25-6*5 inches. 
