150 recouds of ttie austrai.iax m(tsettm. 



Halcyon pyrrhopygids. 

 Red-backed Kingfisher. 



Halcyon jJ'P'i'^'opyqia, GoiUd, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 113; 

 'id, Bds. Anstr., fol., ii., pi. 22 (1848). 



TodirhainjiliKS pyrrJiopt/gius, Gould, Haiidbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 

 130 (1865)! 



Halcyon jn/ryhopi/f/iiis, Sliarpe, Cat. Bds. Bi'it. Mus., xvii., p, 

 258 (1892)";" North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., ii., pt. 

 iii., p. 369 (1909). 



Only one seen at Coolabah, perched near the end of a dead 

 branch of a tree, outside the railway station enclosure. More 

 frequently met with at Brewarrina, especially in the lai'gegum 

 trees overhanging the Barwon River, near the bridge. 



Lamprococcyx basalts. 

 Rufous-tailed Bronze Cuckoo. 



Ciiciilus //((.s-((//,s% Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii., p. 179 (1821). 



Chn/aococcyj' hasalis, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iv., pi. 89 (pt.) 

 " (1848). 



Laniprococci/x itwa/Zs, Gould, Handbk., Bds. Austr., i., p. 626 

 (1865) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. ed., iii., 

 pt. i., p. 23 (1911). 



ChiiJco':.occy;r hasalif^, Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., xix., p. 294 

 (189i). 



A single example procured while feeding on the ground at 

 Coolabah, near the hotel, and which in the distance was mis- 

 taken for a female Lalage tricolor. 



Cacatda leadbeateri. 

 Leadbeater's Cockatoo. 



riiictnlophns lea(lhe(tti'ri,Yigors, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1831, p. 61. 



C((C((t!i(( leiidheiiteri, Gcuild, Bds. Austr., fol., v., pi. 2 (1848) ; 

 id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., ii., p. 5 (1865); Salvad., Cat. 

 ^> Bds. Brit. Mus,, xx., p. 123 (1891) ; North, Nests and 

 ""Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. ed., iii., pt. ii., p. 81 (1911). 



