190 



Stray Feathers. 



r J 



List 



Emu 

 April 



wild bird did not venture to follow it. The demeanour of the 

 Magpie, when it is slowly moving across fallow land and search- 

 ing for the earthworms which lie hidden below the excrement 

 of cattle, remind one of a Rook. But in other respects the 

 Magpie is dissimilar to the Rook, for, whereas the young of that 

 bird build their nests in the rookery in which they have been 

 hatched, young Magpies leave the immediate vicinity of the nest 

 before building nests for themselves. Towards the close of 

 summer Magpies wander further afield than at other seasons, 

 and it is probably at that time of year that young Magpies, 

 which will nest during the following spring, seek fresh feeding 

 grounds, A distance of two or three miles divides the nesting 

 quarters of Magpies in the vicinity of Hobart ; in some parts of 

 Tasmania they are much more numerous. Their increase and 

 distribution are doubtless partly governed by the quantity of 

 food obtainable. But, having regard to the protection which 

 they receive, it is surprising that they do not multiply more 

 rapidly. — jAMES R. M'Clymont. Queenborough, Tasmania, 

 10/2/08. 



List of Australasian Birds in the Zoological Garden at 

 Breslau on 31st December, 1907 : — 



Melopsittacus utidulatus 



(var.) 

 Calopsittacus novw-liollandice 

 Platycercus eximius 



,, browni 



Aprosmictus scapulatus 

 Trichoglossus novce-hollandice 

 Dacelo gigas (male) 

 Gymnorhina leuconota 

 Brachyprorus cinereus (?) 

 Corcorax melanorhamphus 

 Artamus superciliosus 



,, sordidus 

 Tceniopygia castanotis 

 Bathilda ruficauda 

 Poephila hecIH 

 Munia pectoralis 

 Meliphaga phrygia 

 Acanthochcera carunculaia 

 Tropidorhynchus corniculatits 

 Gvallina australis. 



Cereopsis novce-hollandice. — Female died 17 th February, 1907. In 

 1903 the birds mated, and on 1 1 th May four eggs were hatched. On 

 the 25th November birds again mated, without result. In 1904, on the 

 25th January, the female laid again, and on the 9th March two eggs 

 were hatched. In 1905, on the 31st January, the birds again sat, 

 without result, leaving the unhatched eggs on the 19th March. In 

 1906, on the 19th January, they again sat, and on the 1st March two 

 young were hatched, which were killed by frost on the loth of the 



