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Emu 

 April 



Circus gouldii 

 Megalurus gramineus 

 Ephthianura alhifrons 

 Zosterops coertilescens 

 Anthus australis 

 Hypotcenidia philippinensis 

 Hirundo neoxena 

 Micropus pacificus 

 Notophoyx novcs-hollandicB 



,, pacifica 



Pelicanus conspicillatiis 

 Mgialitis ruftcapilla 

 Lohivanellus lobatus 

 Chavadrius dominicus 

 Hcsmatopus longirostris 

 Limosa novcs-zealandics 

 Numenius cyanopus 

 Arenaria interpres 

 Limonites ruficollis 

 Heteropygia acumwaia 

 Ancylocliilus siibarquatus 



Tririga canutus 

 Thalassogevon cautus 

 Pelagodroma marina 

 Stercorariiis crepidatus 

 Gahianus pacificus 

 Larvis novce-hollandice 

 Sterna bergii 

 , , nereis 

 Sula serrator 

 Chenopis atrata 

 Biziura lobata 

 Anas superciliosa 

 Nettion castaneuni 

 Phalacrocorax carbo 



,, hypoleuciis 



Podicipes poliocephalus 



,, cristatus 

 Eiidyptula minor 



And the introduced Starling 

 and Sparrow. 



A. H. E. M. 



Stray Feathers. 



A Trio of Bank-Builders. — Last December I found in 

 holes in the bank of the Talbragar River, Cobborah, N.S.W., 

 the nest of a Sacred Kingfisher, that of an Ov/let Nightjar, and 

 that of a Red-tipped Pardalote, all within a space of about 20 

 yards. — Thos. P. Austin. Cobborah, 30/1/07. 



New Foster-Parent for Fan-tailed Cuckoo. — I have 

 to report the taking of an e^g of Caconiantis flabellifonnis in the 

 nest of and accompanied by two eggs of Me/ioniis austral- 

 asiana (Crescent Honey-eater) at Ringwood, Victoria, on 21st 

 October, 1906. Incubation well advanced. — F. E. Howe. 

 Melbourne, 11/2/07. 



Mackay (Queensland) Notes. — I have taken several sets 

 of the Brown-breasted Fly-eater's {P seudogerygone bninneipectus) 

 eggs this season. On three occasions the nest contained an ^^^ 

 of the Bronze-Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx plagosus). Each pair of P. 

 brunneipectiis eggs varied a good deal, one egg in each set being 

 of a much darker flesh-pink than the other. 



Under date 8th January my notebook contains this note, 

 which may be of interest : — " Noted a White-bellied Sea-Eagle 

 in immature plumage (all brown) flying over the house. It was 

 chased by two Crows and a smaller bird (species not dis- 



