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is never found in the extreme south-west.” In 1907 and 
1908 there were great numbers of these birds breeding round 
Broome Hill, which is certainly within the S.W. corner. 
35. Barnardius semitorquatus. 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant states that both this species and 
B. zonarius occur at Beverley, and so they do at Broome Hill, 
where intermediate forms have caused me much perplexity. 
A large series of skins from various localities is required to 
form a definite conclusion respecting them. Observing the 
changes of plumage in caged birds would also be of great 
assistance. 
36. Platycercus xantiiogenys Salvad. 
It is exceedingly interesting to have this species confirmed 
from a definite locality. I have not seen Dr. HarterPs de¬ 
scription of the specimens in the Tring Museum, and have 
often wondered why none had been obtained around Broome 
Hill, which is situated between Beaufort Biver and Cran- 
brook. P. icterotis is very common in that district, and I 
have observed many birds with feathers on the back margined 
broadly with red, and still more so on the rump and upper 
tail-coverts. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant surmises that Beaufort and 
Cranbrook are in West Australia. Good maps of this Colony 
can be secured gratis, on application to the Agent-General 
in Victoria Street, and a little study of them would have 
proved that his surmise is correct. The Beaufort River is 
a little to the south and west of Wagin, and is a tributary 
of the Blackwood River. Cranbrook is a township on the 
Great Southern Railway, eighty miles south of Wagin and 
seventy miles north of Albany. 
37. Cacatua gymnopis Sclater. 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant says that the occurrence of this species 
in the western division of West Australia shews a considerable 
extension of its range. It was known to occur in the interior 
of Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia, and 
possibly in North-western Australia. Apparently Mr. Ogilvie- 
Grant is not well posted in the literature of West Australia 
