l8 White, Birds of Lake Victoria and Murray River. [ist juiy 



Oxyura australis {Erismatura australis). Blue-billed Duck. — 

 Only seen upon one occasion, on the river. 



Biziura lobata. Musk-Duck. — Scattered over all the flooded area. 

 Several nests were seen, but none contained eggs. 



Phalacrocorax carbo novsehollandiae. Black Cormorant. — A 

 number of these fine birds were seen along the river, but we were 

 unsuccessful in finding their rookery. 



Mesocarbo ater (P. sulcirostris). Little Black Cormorant. — 

 Frequently seen along the river. 



Hypoleucus varius hypoleucus (P. hypoleucus). Yellow-faced 

 Cormorant. — Occasionally seen. 



Microcarbo melanoleucus (P. melanoleucus). Little Pied Cormorant. — 

 This was by far the most numerous bird of the family. 



Catoptropelicanus conspicillatus {Pelecanus conspicillatus). Eastern 

 Pelican. — They were not very numerous. 



Circus assimilis. Spotted Harrier (Swamp-Hawk). — We met with 

 these birds sweeping over the long spear-grass and crops of corn in 

 several localities. 



Circus approximans gouldi. Swamp-Hawk. — Seen upon a few 

 occasions. 



Urospiza fasciata (Astur approximans). Australian Goshawk. — 

 Only seen once. 



Uroaetus audax. Wedge-tailed Eagle. — Not many of these birds 

 were seen, and they were very far off. The mistaken idea of these 

 birds doing so much harm to lambs has been the means of killing 

 them off by poison and paying for scalps, which is greatly to be 

 regretted. 



Haliastur sphenurus. Whistling Eagle. — Many of these birds were 

 seen, also their nests, in the large gum-trees along the river, but they 

 are not nearly so plentiful as I remember them in the eighties. 



Faico hypoleucus. Grey Falcon. — Only one example came under 

 notice. 



leracidea berigora {Hieracidea berigora). Striped Brown Hawk. — 

 Often met with, especially back from the river. 



Cerclineis cenchroides. Nankeen Kestrel. — This is a fairly common 

 bird all through the Murray district. 



Spiloglaux boobook marmorata {Ninox boobook). Boobook Owl. — 

 Heard calling at night ; no specimen was taken. 



Tyto alba delicatula {Strix delicatula). Masked Owl. — This bird's 

 unmistakable screech was. heard more than once during the night. 



Glossopsitta porphyrocephala. Purple-crowned Lorikeet. — Although 

 there were many gum and box trees in blossom, few of' these birds 

 were seen. 



Cacatoes galerita (Cacatua galerita). White Cockatoo. — Numbers 

 of these birds were seen along the river ; they were nesting in the 

 cliffs. 



Eolophus roseicapillus {Cacatua roseicapilla). Rose-breasted 



Cockatoo. — These lovely birds are still numerous along the river, 

 but are not in the same numbers as thirty years ago. 



