156 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



ThresJiioriiis strictipenuis, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vi., pi. 46 

 (1848) ; id., Haiidbk. Bds. Austr., ii., p. 284 (1S65). 



Sometimes cue, or a pair of White Ibis were to be seen on 

 the low grass-plots, or on the shallow water, at " The 

 Fisheries," in the Darling River, at Brewarrina, and their 

 general white plumage rendei'ed them a conspicuous feature in 

 the landscape. At times they were seen with about one-third 

 of their bills thrust in the shallow water, feeling about for 

 some stray morsel, or standing on one leg motionless, on the 

 gx'assy sward of one of the small islets in the river. Of the 

 few aquatic species noted at " The Fisheries," never more than 

 one, or a pair, were seen at the same time, nor were they ob- 

 served at any other part of the river. 



NOTOPHOYX NOV^-HOLLANDIiE. 



White-fronted Heron. 



Ardea vovLv.-holJaudiic, Lath., Ind. Orn., ii., p. 701 (1790) ; 

 Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., vi., pi. 53 (1848) ; id., Handbk. 

 Bds. Austr., ii., p. 299 (1865). 



Notophoyx novce-hoUandicp, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., xxvi., 

 p. 109 (1898) : North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. 

 ed. iv., pt. i., p. 23 (1913). 



A single example of the White-fronted Heron was flushed, 

 with its slow laboured flight, from some shallow water at the 

 edge of the Bar won River, near Brewarrina. Known locally, 

 as in most j)arts of Australia, as the " Blue Crane." 



GeOPEIJA TKANQUIl.LA. 



Peaceful Dove. 



Geopelin fnmqaiUa, Gould, Pi'oc. Zool. Soc, 1844, p. 56 ; id., 

 Bds. Austr., fol., v., pi. 73 (1848) ; id., Handbk. Bds. 

 Austr., ii., p. 144 (1865) ; Salvad., Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 

 xxi., p. 456 (1893) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 

 2nd. ed. iv., pt. ii. p. 117 (1913). 



Common both at Coolabah and Brewarrina, frequenting 

 chiefly the Wilga scrubs in the foinier locality, as well as 

 the gardens in the townships, and the giounds of the hotel. It 



