72 



Stray Beathers. 



[Emu 

 i^t Oct 



was made by several members. Besides most of those in the 

 above list, the following species were recorded : — 



Uroai'tus audax 

 Haliasiur sphenurus 

 Falco melanogenys 



,. subniger 

 Hieracidea orientalis 

 „ herigora 



Cerchneis cenchroides 

 A slur approximans 

 Ninox strenua 



,, boobook 

 Grallina picata 

 Gvaucalus melanops 

 Rhipidiiva albiscapa 

 Myiagra nitida 

 Acrocephalits australis 

 Amyiis textilis 

 Stipiturus malachurus 

 Cisticola exilis 

 Megalurus gramineus 

 Pomatorhinus temporalis 

 Ephlhianura albifrons 

 Gymnorhina tihicen 

 Falcunculus frontalus 

 Pachycephala rufiventris 

 Climacleris scandens (?) 

 Zoslerops ccerulescens 

 Pliloiis auricomis (?) 



,, cralitia (?) 



,, penicillala 



Philemon corniculalus 

 Anthus australis 

 Artamus sordidus 



,, superciliosus 

 Stagano pleura guttata 

 /Egintha temporalis 

 Podargus strigoides 

 Merops otnatus 

 Alcyone azurea 

 Dacelo gigas 

 Halcyon sanctus 

 Cuculus pallidiis 

 Cacatua galerita 

 Calyptorhynchus funeveus 

 Callocephalon galeaium 

 Calopsittacus nov ce-hollandicc 

 Glossopsittacus concinnus 



,, pusillus 



Pliaps chalcoptera 

 Geopelia tranquilla 

 Coiurnix pectoralis 

 Ibis molucca 

 Ardea novcr-hollandice 

 Hypotcsnidia philippinensis 

 Chenopis atrata 

 Chenonetta jubata 

 Casarca tadornoides 

 Anas superciliosa 

 Phalacrocorax novcB-hollandics 



A total of 98 species. I have queried some, which were in all 

 probability seen en route from Stawell, and not in the Grampians 

 proper. — A. G. C. 



Northern Notes. — The following field notes, which I have 

 culled from a letter, dated 7th June, 1906, from Mr. C. E. May, 

 of Port Keats (aboriginal name "Witney"), Northern Territory, 

 will, I think, interest your readers. Mr. May is a great lover 

 of his "feathered friends," and probably no student of bird life 

 has previously visited the locality. I have substituted the 

 names in Hall's " Key " for the vernacular ones used in the 

 letter :— 



"The Oriental Cuckoo (Cnculus intermedins) I find only visits 

 here during the wet season ; they are plentiful and very fat. I 

 presume that they take their departure to more permanent water, 

 there being only native wells in this locality. The Red-collared 

 Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorques) is very numerous, and is 

 here all the year round. The Crimson-winged Lory [Ptistes 

 erytJiropterus) is not too plentiful, and only visits us during the 



