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1 Hall and Rogers, Birds from Noyth-Wesl Australia. 130 



Obogama country ; neither did Mr. G. A. Keartland in the 

 Calvert Exploratijon tour ; nor Mr. Tunny, when collecting for 

 the Western Australian Museum in conjunction with the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild.* Plumage references to the species here 

 mentioned have already been made in llie Eiiiii. 



EUTOLMAETUS AUDAX (Lath.), Wedge-tailed Eagle. — In a 

 gorge of the Stewart River (1/9/02) I found in a fork of a baobab 

 tree a nest, very large and very old, with filthy surroundings. 

 There was one young bird within it. The nest was covered with 

 young gum branches. 



MiLVUS AFFixis (Gould) Kite. — As many as 40 haye 

 gathered at one time around my buggy. During the period the 

 large grasshopper with yellow wings crosses the plains, the Kites 

 feed largely upon them while on the wing. 



MVIAGRA RUBECULA (Lath.), Shining Flycatcher, was seen 

 in the mangrove to-day (25/8/02, Stewart River). There was a 

 pair. The male seemed very excited, for, when it saw me, it 

 raised its crest and uttered a short, sharp note, repeating it 

 several times. When calling it lowered its head and body, at 

 the same time raising and spreading its tail, fan-like. A bow 

 was given with every call, in the same manner as that of a Dove. 

 I could not find the nest in the dense scrub. 



Myzomela ERYTHROCEPHAla (Gould), Red-headed Honey- 

 eater, in the thick scrub of the Stewart River was difficult to 

 collect. It was very tame and quite numerous, but always at 

 the muzzle of the gun before it could be seen. A few feet is the 

 usual range of sight. 



Philemon CITREOGULARIS (Gould), Yellow-throated P'riar- 

 Bird, was building a nest on 5/11/02, and completed it 6/1 1/02. 

 One egg was observed in the nest on the 7th, and a second on 

 the 9th. The nest was placed in the hanging branches of a 

 bauhinia tree, and about 7 feet from the ground. The materials 

 were composed of the stems of annuals, a {c\n grasses, and a 

 quantity of hair from the tails of the cattle ; firmly fastened to 

 the branches with pieces of silky cocoons. 



ErilTHlANURA TRICOLOR (Gould), Tricoloured Chat, left 

 Derby in June-July, 1902. In flocking they were closely 

 associated with Artainus personatus. While the Wood -Swallows 

 were in many thousands, the Chats were only in small flocks ; 

 one flock rising immediately after another, in continuous line. 

 On 23/7/02 this Chat was the commonest species in the district 

 between Derby and the Meda station, 25 miles out upon the 

 Obogama road. Here I saw the last small flock. I now 

 (23/9/02) find they are still numerous on the Fitzroy road, 20 



* Novit. Zoo/. 1905 (Ernst Haitert). 



