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Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
ClNCLOSOMA CASTANONOTUM Goilld. 
Cinclosoma castanonotum Math. p. 69. 
a. ? . Parker’s Range, 7th Aug. 
b. ? . Dwaladine, 17th Feb. 
c. d. S ? • Woyaline, 18th April. 
Iris reddish-brown ; bill black ; legs of a slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 9*75 inches. 
The female of this species is new to the British Museum, 
which contained only adult male specimens. The male bird 
procured by Mr. Shortridge is probably not fully adult. The 
scapulars are reddish-brown and the lower back chestnut, 
whereas in the fully adult bird these parts are maroon. The 
greater secondary coverts are entirely black tipped with 
white and are not light along the margin of the outer web. 
Our series is insufficient to shew whether these differences 
are due to age or to locality. 
[The Chestnut-backed Ground-Thrush is a ground-feedei 
and a swift runner; it is met with m pairs.— G. C. S.~\ 
Lalage tricolor Swainson. 
Lalage tricolor Math. p. 68. 
a-f. $ ? . Kurrawang, 18th Sept.-3rd Oct. 
g-l. <$ ? . Laverton, 14th-26th Oct. 
m. $ . Dale River, 19th Dec. 
Iris dark brown or of a dark slate-colour ; bill black in the 
male, dusky-black, with the lower mandible dull yellowish at 
the base, in the female; legs of a slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 6*75-7*75 inches. 
[The White-shouldered Caterpillar-Catcher is a locally 
distributed migratory species, very plentiful where it occurs, 
but rare on the Gascoyne River. It is generally met with in 
pairs.— G. C. >8.] 
Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 
Coracina robusta Lath. ; Math. p. 68. 
a, b. <$ . King River, 8th & 27th Dec. 
c, d. $ et imm. Big Grove, 13th & 15th April. 
e, f. $ . Parker’s Range, 11th Aug. 
g-k. £ ? • Kurrawang, 3rd-18th Sept. 
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