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Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 24-2 7 inches ; ex¬ 
panse 46 5 inches. 
[The White-fronted Heron was very abundant, especially 
in the south-west, and was often observed in flocks, which 
frequented the sea-shore and rivers. It also occurred in the 
central division, but was not met with far inland.— G. C. $.] 
Herodias timoriensis Less. 
Herodias timoriensis Math. p. 32. 
a. $ . Big Grove, 1st May. 
Iris pale golden-yellow, outer circle pale orange ; eyelid 
and gape mottled with greenish-black ; bare skin round the 
eye and nasal openings chrome-yellow ; legs black, soles of 
the feet mottled with yellow. 
[The Australian Egret was rare in the south-west ; one 
example was observed on Bernier Island.— G. C. £».] 
Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.). 
P ley adis falcinellus Math. p. 31. 
a. 1mm. Beechland, April. 
An immature example of the Glossy Ibis with the culmen 
measuring 4*2 and the wing 9*6 inches. 
Oarphibis spinicollis Reichenb. 
Carphibis spinicollis Math. p. 30. 
a. . Kurrawang, 4th Oct. 
Iris dark brown ; bill black ; bare skin on the head and 
neck sooty black, a small patch on the lower eyelid dusky 
pink ; legs black, a band above the tibio-tarsal or u knee 
joint dark magenta. 
The stomach was large but not muscular : it contained 
lizards, centipedes, spiders, grasshoppers, cockroaches, 
beetles, etc. 
[The et Straw-necked 39 Ibis is gregarious and migratory 
at irregular intervals.— G. C. £.] 
Eupodotis australis (J. E. Gray). 
Eupodotis australis Math. p. 30. 
a. <£. Stockpool, 20th Jan. 
Iris clear brown, buff yellow towards the pupil ; bill of a 
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