286 RosSj Six Months' Record of a Pair of Mallee- Fowls. \^^^^^\\ 



{Leipoa ocellata), and on our visit in igi6 he showed us a nesting- 

 mound at which a pair of birds had been working, and which he 

 intended to watch closely for several months. It was within a 

 few minutes' walk of the camp, and quite close to the road from 

 Linga, along which all stores and materials for the boring party 

 and the boring operations had to be carted, but, of course, could 

 not be seen from the road. 



Stretching over a period of six months, commencing on ist 

 October, 1916, and ending on 31st March, 1917, he visited the 

 mound 66 times, and the notes taken were as follows : — 



Temperature. 



Date. 

 Oct. I 



,, 3 



., 5 



,. 7 



., II 



.. 13 



,. 14 



., 15 



,, 18 



,, 20 



>, 21 



,, 22 



.. 25 



,. 27 



,, 28 



.. 29 



.. 31 

 Nov. 2 



.. 3 



,, 4 



.. 5 



.. 7 



.. 9 



.. II 



., 12 



.. 14 



.. 16 



17 

 18 



19 

 21 



23 

 26 



,, 30 

 Dec. 3 



,, 6 



,. 7 



Shade, camp. Mound. 

 'F. °F. 



66 

 69 



75 

 6s 

 70 



63 

 55 

 69 

 74 

 62 



65 

 60 



83 



80 

 59 



62 

 67 

 69 

 66 

 60 

 75 

 78 

 74 

 55 

 70 



71 



84 

 84 

 84 



85 

 86 

 86 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 88 



90 

 90 

 91 

 91 



91 

 91 

 91 

 91 

 92 

 92 

 92 

 92 

 92 

 92 

 92 



13 



Flat 

 Heaped up 



Flat 

 Heaped \\\i 



Open 

 Heaped up 



Eggs. Birds. 



One at mound. 

 Not seen. 

 Heard, not seen. 

 Not seen. 



One at mound. 



Not seen. 



One at mound. 

 Not seen. 

 One at mound. 

 Not seen. 



Both at mound, 



love-making. 

 Not seen. 



One at moiuul. 

 Not seen. 



One at mound. 



Not seen. 



One at mountl. 



One at moiind, eat- 

 ing ants and seeds 

 of turpentine bush. 



Not seen. 



At wheat. 

 Not seen. 

 One at mound, eat- 

 ing ants. 

 One at mound, 

 roosting in mallee. 

 One at mound. 

 One working 



mound. 

 Not seen. 



) Kain 

 > for a 

 ) week. 



