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10
Milligan, Notes on a Trip to the Wongan Hills, W.A.
[ Emu 1st July

Climacteris rufa (Rufous Tree-creeper).—Common everywhere. Only species seen.

Sittella pileata (Black-capped Tree-runner).—A few companies met with occasionally.

Zosterops gouldi (Green-backed Silver-eye).—Numerous everywhere.

Melithreptus leucogenys (Western Brown-headed Honey-eater).—Very numerous about the Hills, always in companies. The only one of the genus met with.

Glycyphila fulvifrons (Tawny-crowned Honey-eater).—Common at many places along the route. Nest and eggs taken.

Glycyphila albifrons (White-fronted Honey-eater).—Very common inland. Many nests and eggs taken. Young birds numerous.

Glycyphila ocularis (Brown Honey-eater).—Common. Nest and eggs taken.

Ptilotis sonora (Singing Honey-eater).—Sparsely distributed. Took nest and eggs. Nest composed of greenish grass-stems.

Ptilotis novæ-norciæ, sp. nov.—See article.

Ptilotis cratitia (Wattle-cheeked Honey-eater).—Fairly numerous in Hills. Breeding season.

Ptilotis ornata (Yellow-plumed Honey-eater).—Very numerous in eucalypts at bases of the Hills. Breeding season.

Manorhina obscura (Dusky Miner).—Common near Mogumber.

Acanthochæra carunculata (Red Wattle-Bird).—Numerous along route and at the Hills.

Dicæum hirundinaceum (Mistletoe-Bird).—Not numerous.

Pardalotus ornatus (Red-tipped Pardalote).—Fairly common. The colours of the birds obtained were very rich, much more so than the southern and coastal birds. The only species seen.


Cheramceca leucosternum (Black and White Swallow).—A few seen on the moist country. A dead bird was obtained in a shallow excavation on a quartz outcrop.

Petrochelidon nigricans (Tree-Martin).—Fairly common everywhere.

Anthus australis (Pipit).—Common at foot of the Hills and on the plains. Obtained nest and eggs.

Artamus sordidus (Wood-Swallow).—Common in many places.

Podargus strigoides (Tawny Frogmouth).—See article.

Merops ornatus (Bee-eater).—Seen at Mogumber.

Halycon sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher).—Common.

Cuculus pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo).—Not common.

Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fantailed Cuckoo).—Fairly common in eucalyptus belts.

Misocalius palliolatus (Black-eared Cuckoo).—A few birds were distributed in the green timber at the bases of the Hills.

Chalcococcyx basalis (Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo).—Fairly numerous.

Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus (Purple-crowned Lorikeet).—Numerous in the green timber near the Lakes.