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Pomatostomus temporalis rubecnlus. 
Red-breasted Babblers did not seem to be breeding on 
the lower Minilya River on 19 August, 1911. Recentty 
fledged young birds were seen there on 2 September, 1916. 
The above locality is the only one where I have regularly 
seen these birds, which appear to be always present at the 
same place. They do not seem to occur on the Lower 
Gascoyne River, but are common on the upper parts. 
Morganornis superciliosus ashbyi. 
Western White-browed Babblers were commonly seen 
about Broome Hill, and the inland areas of the south-west, 
which are not so heavily timbered as the coastal parts. 
I had never seen any of these birds between the Vasse 
and Warren rivers until 31 March, 1919, when I came upon 
a small party near Warren House. A specimen obtained 
seemed to be a typical M. s. ashbyi. 
Morganornis superciliosus gwendolense. 
The Carnarvon Babbler is a good subspecies, being much 
smaller than the south-western form, M. s. ashbyi. These 
birds were, as usual, plentiful in the scrub around Carnarvon 
in 1911, 1913, and 1916. Fledged young birds were noted 
there on 19 September, 1911, and three eggs were found in 
a nest on 23 September, 1913. As compared with a series 
of eggs of Morganornis s. ashbyi from Broome Hill, the 
Carnarvon eggs are much shorter, having both ends very 
round and blunt, and are *84 of an inch in length, those 
from Broome Hill averaging * 9 ( 3 . The Carnarvon eggs are 
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heavily blotched all over with purplish brown, and the black 
hair-streaks, which are usually numerous on eggs of M. s. 
ashbyi , only appear on two of the Carnarvon eggs, and are 
limited to one long streak on the large end of each. 
Calamanthus fuliginosus carteri. 
Western Striated Field-Wrens were seen in mid-February 
19J9, on scrubby sand-plains about thirty miles south-east of 
Broome Hill, and, as usual, were very wary. When staying 
at Woolundra, about one hundred and fifty miles north of 
