Vol lft X 24 1V 'J KINGHORN, I RED ARE, White-backed Wren 59 
pallidus); Bronze Cuckoo (Lamprococcyx plagosus ); Welcome Swal¬ 
low (Hirundo ncoxena ); White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucos- 
ternum) ; Tree Martin (Hylochelidon nigricans); Fairy Martin (H. 
a riel); Red-cap Robin (Pctroica goodenovii ); Willie Wagtail 
(Rhipidura Icucophrys ); Restless Flycatcher ( Seisura inqmeta ); 
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala ' pectoralis); Rufous Whistler (P . 
rufiventris) ; Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike (Graucalus novae-hol- 
landiae ); *Cinnamon Ground-Bird ( Cinclosoma cinnamomeum); 
^Thick-billed Grass-Wren ( Diaphorillas modesta); *Striated Grass- 
Wren (D . striata); * Black-faced Wood Swallow (Artumus cinereus); 
Magpie-Lark (Grallina cljanolcuca ); Grey-backed Silvereye ( Zos - 
terops lateralis); *Cvimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor); Orange Chat 
( E . aurifrons); Gibber-bird (Ashbyia lovensis); Chestnut-crowned 
Babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps); White-winged Blue Wren (Mdlarus 
cyatiohs); Striated Diamond-bird (Pardalotus striatus); *Clon- 
curry Honeyeater (Meliphaga penicillata); Yellow-throated Miner 
(Myzantha davigida); Ground-Lark (Anthus australis) ; Fire-tailed 
Finch (Zonacgirdhus bellus); Chestnut-eared (Zebra) Finch (Taenio- 
pygia castanotis); Little Crow (CorvuS bennetti); Black-backed 
Magpie (Gyrnnorhina tibicen); and White-backed Magpie (G . 
hypoleuca). _ 
Mr. Aiston has, since our visit, resigned form the South Australian 
Police Force. It is reported that shooting of the birds on the lagoon is 
not now prevented and t .is splendid sanctuary is in danger. 
Re'Discovery of the White-backed Wren, 
Malurus leuconotus, Gould. 
By |. R. KINGHORN and TOM IREDALE, Australian 
Museum, Sydney. 
A little over live years ago, Mr. E. L. Troughton, a zoologist 
on the staff of the Australian Museum, made a collecting trip 
to South Australia, where many valuable specimens were ac¬ 
quired ; among them being a number of birds, one of which was 
identified as Malurus leuconotus and placed in the reference col¬ 
lection without further notice being taken of it. 
A few days ago one of us (Iredale) was sorting out some 
Wrens to illustrate a lecturette to the N.S.W. Branch of the 
Ornithologist's Union, when he immediately acclaimed one of 
them as the long-lost White-backed Wren. After a brief con¬ 
sultation we decided to draw up this account relative to its „ 
history. 
In the Proceedings, Z.S., 1865, p. 198, Gould described Malurus 
leuconotus from the “Interior of Australia,” “precise locality un¬ 
known, ” though he at the same time added Artamus niclanops 
from Central Australia, collected by Mr. S. White at St. 
a’Becket’s Pond, in lat. 28 deg. 30 min. (10 miles south-east of 
Farina) ; later, in his Supplement to the Birds of Australia* he 
figured this species, pi. 24, and stated that it was forwarded to 
him by Mr. Galbraith, of Machrihanish Station, South Australia. 
The White-backed Wren was eventually included in all Australian 
