652 Messrs, H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 



118. fGARZETTA NiGKii'Es (Tcniui.) ; Sliarpc, t. c. p. 122. 

 A single male in breeding-plumage baving tbe ornamental 



plumes on tlie breast and the dorsal tram, though the nape- 

 plumes are not apparent. 



'^ Scarce; the specimen sent was shot on a freshwater- 

 creek. Iris yellow ; feet black ; bill black, the lower 

 mandible partially yellow " (Olive). 



119. Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.); Sharpe, t. e. p. 158. 

 Specimens are sent from each locality visited ; they are all 



adults, and most of them show the nuchal plumes indicative 

 of breeding birds. 



" Iris yellow, orbital skin greenish yellow ; feet yellowish 

 green ; upper portion and tip of each mandible black, the 

 lower portion yellowish " ( Olive) . 



120. fPHALACKOcoRAX MELANOLEUCus (Vieill.; ; Ogilvic 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxxvi. p. 398. 



A small series in freshly-acquired bi'eediug-plumage from 

 the neighbourhood of Mt. Bellenden Ker. 



" Iris brown ; feet black ; bill and bare parts yellow " 

 (Olive). 



121. tANSERANAS sEMiPALMATA (ViciU.) ; Salvad. Cat. 

 Birds Erit. Mus. xxvii. p. 44. 



Three specimens in very worn plumage and with the under 

 surface much stained with rust are sent from Bellenden Ker. 



122. "^Nettopus pulchellus Gould ; Salvad. t. c. p. 67. 



Apparently of only sporadic occurrence in tiie neighbour- 

 hood of Cooktown. Mr. Olive obtained four specimens out 

 of one flock, which he says was the first seen in the district 

 for years. I (H. C. R.) found it abundant in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Kennedy and Hann Rivers, considerably to the 

 north of Cooktown, in August 1896, when it afforded a 

 welcome addition to our fare. Ramsay (P. Z. S. 1 877, p. 346) 

 notes it as exceedingly rare in Eastern Queensland, whence 

 he had seen only three skins — much rarer than A^. albipennis, 

 which, curiously enough, Mr. Olive has not obtained. 



