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and if it is a distinct species it appears remarkable that 
Mr. Shortridge did not procure more specimens when he 
was camped at Big Grove (apparently for some time), as 
that locality is on the mainland and barely three miles from 
Babbit Island. I myself have collected along the mainland 
coast opposite Babbit Island on many occasions. 
14. Zosterops balstoni Grant. 
Zosterops balstoni Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 663. 
The pair of skins referred to by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant as 
“procured at North-West Cape, A. G. Campbell /’ were shot 
by me, and apparently the bird I mentioned as Z. lutea 
(f Emu/ voh iii. p. 91) was Balston’s White-eye. This 
species usually occurs in the mangroves, but in the winter 
months flocks of considerable size leave their shelter and 
feed on the scrubby coast sand-hills and more open country. 
In February 1900, a male bird shot in the mangroves near 
the North-West Cape was apparently breeding there. 
Probably the nest and eggs, described in the c Victorian 
Naturalist/ vol. xviii. p. 31, as those of Zosterops lutea are 
referable to Z. balstoni Emu/ vol. ii. p. 49). 
15. Climacteris wellsi Grant. 
Climacteris wellsi Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 664. 
Although Tree-Creepers were never observed near Point 
Cloates—there being no timber within a radius of thirty^ miles, 
and very little there—1 found au egg sixty miles inland 
(south-east) from that place, which, being unknown to me, 
was forwarded to Mr. A. J. Campbell for identification. He 
replied that there was no doubt that it was that of a Tree- 
Creeper, and asked me what species occurred in the locality. 
The egg was placed in a small hollow in a stunted tree about 
four feet from the ground, and seemed to have been forsaken 
on account of rain-water having entered and lodged in the 
nest. There is little doubt that it was an egg of C . ivellsi. 
16. Neositta pileata (Gould). 
The Black-capped Tree-Runner was seen and secured by 
me on several occasions about forty miles inland from Point 
ser. ix.— -vol. iv. 2x 
