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Plate VII. 

 Fig. 13.- -Left lateral view of the trunk skeleton of Nestor notahilis- 



Plate VIII. 

 Fig. 14. — Ventral aspect of the trunk skeleton of Nestor notabilis. 



Plate IX. 

 Fig. 15. — Direct dorsal view of the trunk skeleton of Nestor notahilis. 



Plate X. 

 Fig. 16. — The pelvic limbs of Nestor notahilis ; the left limb is the one 

 wherein the foot is the lower on the plate, and the fibula 

 is in full view. 



Queensland Notes. 



By D. Le SouiiF, C.M.Z.S., Hon. Sec. R.A.O.U. 



I LEFT Melbourne on 12th April by train, and visited the Zoological 

 Gardens in Sydney on the following afternoon, and was glad to 

 see that the Birds-of-Paradise which they had obtained some 

 months ago were still thriving, and were getting over their moult, 

 the young feathers showing up well ; there seems every chance of 

 their living through the winter. The beautiful Fruit-Pigeons 

 from New Guinea were also doing well. The next day I left for 

 Brisbane, arriving there on the evening of the following day. 

 Comparatively few birds were seen from the train, as most, if not 

 all, the migratory birds had gone north. I did not even hear the 

 call of the Pallid Cuckoo, usually so plentiful earlier in the year. 

 I only remained one day in Brisbane, but visited the Museum 

 and saw the improvements that had taken place in their collection 

 of birds, both in the skins and the mounted specimens. 



I left Brisbane late in the evening for Rockhampton, arriving 

 in that town in the evening of the following day. During the 

 journey a few Whistling-Eagles {Haliastur sphenurus), Brown 

 Hawks {Hieracidea herigora), Kestrels {Cerchneis cenchroides), 

 Wood-Swallows {Artamus super ciliosus), Fantails {Rhipidnra 

 motacilloides), Leach's Kingfisher {Dacelo leachi), and Plovers 

 {Lohivanellus lobatus) were seen. I only remained one day in 

 Rockhampton, and the damage done by the recent disastrous 

 flood was everywhere in evidence, even to a four-roomed cottage 

 being washed across the railway track ; but on the swampy ground, 

 not far from the town, I was glad to see some Egrets, Ibis, Spoon- 

 bills, Ducks, &c. 



Early next morning I left by train for Duaringa. Mr. C. 

 Barnard, who represents Queensland on our Council, met me 

 here, and we drove out to his station, " Coomooboolaroo," where 

 I remained four days — until the 22nd. There is little timber near 

 the homestead, therefore scrub-loving birds were not seen. Both 

 the Collared and Black-throated Butcher-Birds [Cracticus destructor 

 and C. nigrogularis) were plentiful, and the note of the latter bird 



