I<8 Berney, Birds of the Riclmiond District, N.Q. [ist "April 



"1 2th June, 1903, seven eggs, new laid. 

 22nd June, 1903, thirteen eggs, considerably incubated. 

 28th June, 1903, nine eggs, considerably incubated. 

 1st July, 1903, eleven eggs, new laid. 

 22nd August, 1904, six eggs, new laid. 

 23rd August, 1903, seven eggs, much incubated. 

 2nd September, 1901, twelve eggs, much incubated. 



The earliest dates on which I have seen chicks is i6th July, 1903, but I 

 have seen on the 29th July, 1905, a family of seven youngsters that 1 feel 

 sure were a couple of months old, which means that the eggs must have 

 been laid in March. I weighed three eggs taken haphazard out of a rather 

 fine-looking clutch ; they averaged a fraction over i lb. 9 ozs., and were equal, 

 therefore, to about fourteen of the ordinary fowls' eggs. I never tried one 

 boiled, but in omelettes they are excellent, preferable, in my opinion, to the 

 eggs of everyday use. The birds seem particularly fond of the leaves of the 

 nardoo (Marst/ca), and I have watched them eating the "Emu apples" and 

 picking the berries off the mistletoe {LoraiitJius). 



ADDENDA. 



Letter-winged Kite {Elamis scrip(us).—Or\\y seen on two occasions, 

 June and October, 1906, single bird each time. I got a good view of its 

 under surface as the bird sailed composedly overhead displaying to the best 

 advantage the conspicuous black W or double V on the under side of the 

 wing. 



LES.SER Masked Owl (S/n'x flamiuca^ sub-species delicatuld).— h. dead 

 specimen that I picked up in July last year was the means of my addingthis 

 species to my list. I not unfrequently see a Barn Owl-like bird in the bush, 

 but owing to the similarity of this species to 5. ca/idida I find it impossible 

 to distinguish between the two species in the twilight. 



Grey Jumper {Stnithidca cinerea).-\ saw a good many of these noisy 

 birds in April, 1904, about the scrubby country on the road leading from 

 Cambridge Downs to Saxby. This is the only time I have come across them 

 here, the district being mostly unsuited to them. 



Brown Shrike-Thrush {Collyriocincla brunnea). — Among the gidea 

 scrubs on the basalt ranges on Spring Valley I often saw this species, and 

 shot one, July, 1905, a male, for identification, which gave the following 

 measurements: — Total length, grV inches; tarsus, iVg inches; wing, 4}t, 

 inches ; bill, ItV inches ; tail, 3 If inches. 



Although it possesses a variety of notes, many of them very licjuid and 

 sweet, it cannot, so far as my experience goes, be credited with having a 

 song. 



White-throated Fly-eater {Gerygone albigiilaris). — A single 

 specimen that I obtained at Spring Valley in August, 1905, is my only 

 record of this bird. Total length, 4r% inches; tarsus, \\ inch; wing, 

 2tV inches ; bill, i%-inch ; tail, \\\ inches ; sex, male. 



I may have been overlooking this little bird, but I do not think so. I 

 fancy it is unusual to find it so far from the coast in this direction. 



Tree-Martin [Pctrochelidon nigricans). — An uncommon, if not rare, 

 Martin about here. 



From one that came into my hands in July, 1905, I took the following 

 measurements : — Total length, 5 inches ; tarsus, -/e-inch ; wing, 4 inches ; 

 bill, >^-inch ; tail, 2 inches ; culmen, X'inch ; spread of wings, io}i inches ; 

 sex, female. 



