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Mr. T. Carter on some 
[Ibis, 
one out of a party of three, and one of the remaining birds 
showed the greatest concern at the fate of its companion, 
hovering close round it, until it was picked up. 
This elegant bird is ver} r local in its distribution, and does 
not occur in heavily-timbered districts. I have seen more 
of them about Broome Hill than in any other locality. 
Coracina novse-hollandias westralensis. 
Western Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrikes were seen in most 
of the south- and mid-western districts, and were common 
about Broome Hill and Lake Muir early in 1916 and 1919. 
Eggs were noted in a nest at the Minilya River on 19 Sept¬ 
ember, 1911, and recently fledged young at the Vasse River 
on 16 February, 1916. 
Lalage tricolor tricolor. 
White-shouldered Caterpillar-eaters were fairly common, 
and breeding, in the Gascoyne and Minilya districts in early 
September, 1913 and 1916. 
Drymodes brunneopygia pallida. 
Pale Scrub-Robins occur in the scrub country at Broome 
Hill, and also a long way east of it (Mathews, Reference 
List, 1913, only gives mid-west Australia as its range in 
that State). A male bird in full moult was obtained at 
Gnowangerup on 13 February, 1919, the only one seen 
in the course of my trips. It is a very shy species, and 
easily overlooked. 
Hylacola cauta whitlocki. 
The Western Ground-Wren is another shy bird that occurs 
to the east of Broome Hill, and is usually seen in thick 
scrub, growing on stony or rough ground. I was fortunate 
in seeing a good many of them in mid-February 1919, and 
obtained a few specimens ; but they are difficult to shoot on 
account of the great speed at which they hop and move 
about under the bushes, with tails erect. They remind me, 
by their rapid elusive movements, of the Diaphorillas at 
Shark Bay. 
