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from the hazel of the immature to the white of the adult. 
On July 18th, 1900, I noted that the irides of an almost 
fully fledged young bird in the nest were slate-blue in 
colour. As neither of the parent birds was secured, it is 
possible that the nestling was a Corvus bennetti. 
Corvus bennetti was recorded by me as occurring at 
Point Cloates in N.W. Australia, in the ‘Emu/ vol. iii. 
p. 212. 
2. ZonjEginthus oculatus Quoy & Gaim. 
Mr. Shortridge states that the Red-eared Finch does not 
occur inland, but I found it plentiful at Balbarrup in the 
south-west, a distance of thirty-five miles from the nearest 
coast in February 1910. 
3. Acanthoch,era carunculata (Lath.). 
Mr. Shortridge remarks that the Red Wattle-bird “ is rare 
in the coastal district of the extreme south-west, where its 
place is taken by Anellobia lunulata. , '‘ 1 have found the Red 
Wattle-bird plentiful from Albany to the Vasse River all 
along the south-west coast, in the very months when Mr. 
Shortridge found it to be rare. 
4. Meliornis longirostris (Gould). 
The Long-billed Honey-eater occurs very plentifully round 
Broome Hill, which is about eighty-five miles inland. 
Beverley, where Mr. Shortridge found it “not common/ 
is about seventy miles inland. 
5. Meliornis mystacalis Gould. 
Meliornis mystacalis Mathews, Handlist, p. 98. 
Mr. Shortridge, who collected a remarkably good series 
of birds from the various localities that he visited, has 
missed this handsome species, which occurs near Albany. 
I also secured specimens of it at Perth and near Broome 
Hill. 
6 . Ptilotis ornata Gould. 
Mr. Shortridge remarks that the Graceful Honey-eater 
was not observed in “ the coastal district to the south of 
