650 Mr. Thomas Carter on some 
inland). Mr. Shortridge states that G. subocularis does not 
extend inland. 
10. Acanthorhynchus superciliosus (Gould). 
Mr. Shortridge’s field-note states that “The Western 
Spine-billed Honey-eater was observed as far north as 
Beverley and Perth, but it did not extend inland” [my 
italics], yet he speaks of Meliornis longirostris and other 
species as occurring as far inland as Beverley. Anyone 
rot well posted up in West Australian geography must 
be puzzled as to whether Beverley is on the coast or 
inland. 
11. Pardalotus punctatus (Shaw & Nodd.). 
I have observed and shot specimens of the Spotted 
Diamond bird in “ Marlock ” scrub, fully eighty miles from 
the coast. 
12. Zosterops gouldi (Bonap.). 
The range of the Green-backed White-eye extends to Point 
Cloates and most probably further north (‘ Emu/ vol. iii. 
p.91). 
13. Zosterops shortridgii Grant. 
Zosterops shortridgii Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 663. 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant describes this new species also from a 
single specimen, not very much material upon which to 
work in such a difficult genus as Zosterops. Possibly 
he was under the impression that it is an insular form, 
but this it cannot be, as Babbit Island, where the bird 
was obtained, is only separated from the mainland by a 
channel about two hundred yards in width, broken into 
three by two rocky islets, so that a bird of very weak flying 
power could easily cross it. Babbit Island (called “Mistaken 
Island ” on some maps) is about a hundred and fifty acres 
in area. I thoroughly searched it in March last, being on it 
all day, and to my disappointment never saw a Zosterops : 
the only land-birds observed were Halcyon sanctus , Acanthiza 
apicalis , and Eopsaltria georgiana. The bird described as new 
by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant must have come from the mainland. 
