1921.] Western Australian Birds. 79 
It is curious that my old natives at the North-West Cape 
told me that the Bower-birds were strange to them, and 
they had no aboriginal name for them ; but a native who came 
from the Ashburton district told me that he had seen similar 
birds to the north of that river, and far inland. A white 
man to whom I showed the specimens, asking him if he had 
ever seen any like them, at once replied that he had seen the 
same or similar birds at a locality that corresponded with 
the one described by the native, viz. about 180 miles east 
of the Cape. 
Through some mistake, the letterpress accompanying the 
plate of this fine new subspecies (‘ Ibis,’ 1920, p. 499) is 
headed “ O 11 a new species ot Bower-bird.” 
Corvus coronoides perplexus. 
Southern Ravens were common in all south-western 
districts, and were seen near the mouth of the Warren River. 
Some were also seen at Broome Hill on 14 February, 1919, 
where Ravens seldom occur. 
Corvus bennetti bonhoti. 
Western Small-billed Crows were common about the 
Gascoyne and Minilya districts. A breeding female was 
shot at Carnarvon on 9 August, 1911. It had the bill 
and inside of mouth black; irides with a bright blue centre, 
and white around it. A male obtained at the Minilya River, 
19 August, 1911, had the bill and mouth black; irides hazel. 
Corvus cecilae cecilse. 
Northern Crows were also common in the above districts, 
and I cannot say which bird is the most abundant, but pro¬ 
bably C. c. cecilce , and the following notes may be taken as 
applying to this species :—5-9 September, 1911. Many 
young, of large size, in nests at the Lyndon and Minilya 
rivers, and one nest containing eggs. 17 September, 1913. 
Many young birds in nests at Minilya. 22 Juty, 1916. 
Took seven eggs, incubated, and of a pale blue colour without 
markings, from a nest ten feet from the ground in a stunted 
tree at Yardie Creek. 9 July, 1916. Shot a male at Point 
