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AN ORNITHOLOGICAL TRIP TO THE NHILL DISTRICT. 



By F. Erasmus Wilson. 

 {Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, gth Sept., 191 8.) 



{Continued from page 100.) 



Following is a detailed list of the birds observed during the 

 trip. A longer sojourn in the district would probably have 

 enabled me to add several more species, particularly amongst 

 the aquatic birds: — 



Emu {Dromaiiis novcB-hollandies). 



Mallee-Fowl (Leipoa ocellata). 



Ground-Dove {Geopelia tranquilla). 



Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera). 



Black-throated Grebe (Podiceps gularis). 



Spur-winged Plover {Lobivanellus lobatus). 



Black-breasted Plover (Zonifer pectoralis). 



Straw-necked Ibis (Carphibis spinicollis). 



White-fronted Heron {Notophoyx novcB-hollandicB). 



Maned Goose (Chlamydochen jubata). 



Mountain-Duck {Casarca tadornoides). 



Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melaiioleucus). 



Whistling-Eagle [Haltastiir sphemints). 



Brown Hawk (Hieracidea berigora). 



Kestrel (Cerchnets cenchroides). 



Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook). 



Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna). 



Purple-crowned Lorikeet {Glossopsitta poyphyrocephala). 



Black Cockatoo {Calyptorhynchus funereus). 



Rosella {Platycercus eximius). 



Ring-necked Parrot {Barnardius barnardi). 



Yellow-vented Parrot {Psephotus xanthorrhoiis). 



Red-backed Parrot {Psephotus hcematonotus). 



Swift Parrot {Lathamus discolor). 



Owlet Nightjar {JEgotheles novcB-hollandicB). 



Great Brown Kingfisher {Dacelo gigas). 



Sacred Kingfisher {Halcyon sanctus). 



Spotted Nightjar {Eurostopodus guttatus). 



Pallid Cuckoo {Citculus pallidus). 



Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx basalis). 



Bronze-Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx plagosus). 



Welcome Swallow {Hirundo neoxena). 



Tree-Martin {Petrochelidon nigricans). 



Brown Flycatcher {Microeca fascinans) {M. f. howei). 



Scarlet-breasted Robin {Petroica leggii). 



Red-capped Robin {Petroica goodenovii). 



Short-billed Tree-Tit {Smicrornis brevirostris). 



Crested Bell-bird {Oreoica cristata). 



Southern Whistler {Pachyccphala meridionalis). 



Gibert Whistler {Pachyccphala gilberti). 



White-shafted Fantail {Rhipidura albiscapa). 



Black-and-White Fantail {Rhipidura motacilloides). 



Restless Flycatcher {Seisura tnquieta). 



Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike {Graiicalus melanops). 



White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater {Campephaga hunierulis). 



