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Mr. T. Carter on some 
[Ibis, 
specimens were obtained is the most northerly record, being 
sixty miles farther north, and about one hundred nearer to 
the coast (westwards) than Clifton Downs. The birds were 
tame, feeding on the ground below short scrub, into which 
they took shelter when disturbed. 
This bird was first described by Mr. G. M. Mathews 
(Bulletin B. 0. C. yoI. xl. 1920, p. 75). 
Since writing the above, I have been able, through the 
courtesy of Dr. P. B. Lowe, to compare the specimens 
obtained by me with those obtained by Mr. Shortridge, 
now in the Balston collection at the British Museum 
(Natural History), and find that the Minilya birds are 
more rufous on the mantle than any of the others, which 
were mostly obtained in localities to the south-east—as 
Laverton, 600 miles south-east from the Minilya, and Day 
Dawn, about 300 miles to the south-east and midway 
between the Minilya and Laverton. The specimens from 
Day Dawn are almost white on the whole of the under¬ 
parts, and can be separated easily from any of the others. 
Those obtained on the Minilya can hardly be distinguished 
from the Clifton Downs birds, which they most resemble. 
Sphenostoma cristatum occidentale. 
Westralian Wedgebills were, as usual, abundant in the 
Lower Gascoyne and Minilya scrubs, particularly about the 
banks of the rivers. I proved that both sexes utter the 
wonderful metallic ringing notes. 
Neositta pileata broomi. 
South-west Black-capped Tree-runners were seen in small 
parties in several south-western localities, including the 
Margaret, Blackwood, and Warren rivers, and Lake Muir. 
They were most plentiful about Broome Hill. 
Whitlocka melanura wellsi. 
The Allied Black-tailed Tree-Creeper (Ogilvie-Grant 
Ibis, 1909, p. 664) was first obtained by Shortridge on the 
Upper Gascoyne Biver, apparently about 1908. I had never 
