110 W IIITI-:. 7V,> /., (•„/-.• York l\;nn.u,la. [Vst'oct" 



ami pati'h up tlu« hole anain. Four niilos furtluT on found that a 

 Blaok-tailoil Kiiu-I\ HWfyliila otrot^yiiMlis) hnd Iniilt in a olianibor hol- 

 lowoti out by a (loMon-winuvil Parrot; on lookinj^- in t\iuiul tho Tarrot 

 had laid four orks i" tlio Kinoh's nost; found still anothor Psophotus 

 Parrot's nost. \yhioh oontainod four frosh ou'^s. NunioiMus oli! nostin>r 

 hoU's wcro notiootl, all in torniitariuins. 



Lator in tho month sovoral nosts wore oxnminod. whioh oontainod 

 youjij:- in various staiios of dovoK^pniont. In tho floor of tho nostin)r 

 ohanihor in ovory instanoo thoro was a roniarkablo oolony of soavan- 

 )ror uriibs, tiio larvao of sonio moth, tlio spooios oi' whioh" has not yet 

 boon dotorniinotl. 



[Soo furthor tliis issuo. dosoription of ou'.us, oto.. p. OS]. 



PcdarKus papuonsis. Papuan Fri>.muoutb. — Found a nost in a bifr 

 paporbark with tho Inrd sittin.u; on attoniptiny: to olinib. tho bird 

 tlushod, knookin.u- its o.u'.u' otV tlio llinisy nost to bo brokon cu tho 

 ground bonoath. 



•PodnrRus stri>;o.idos {P. s. oi:\-nsis). I'apo Froiinunith. — After 

 dark this bird is hoaril uttorinji" a oall of (wo syllablos of ovon tone, 

 "Koo-hook" ("oo" as in fooU, tlio sooond sli>;litly louilor than tho first, 

 ropoatod up to oi.iihtoon tinios in ton sooonds. Tlio tirst fow notos of 

 tho oall aro vory faint, appoarin.c- to oonio from somo oonsidorablo dis- 

 tanoo away, .u'r:>dually uottiiii;- loudor and oloaror; toward tho ond thoro 

 is quito a vontriloquial otVoot. Onoo tlio bird uttorod a ditVoront oall. a 

 sinulo "Guk" ropoatotl rapidly for a fow sooonds. Saw a frosh nost. 

 [For photo, of nost in situ, see Emu xxi.. pi. 39.] 



•.l^jiot holes oristata (.1. c. Ifinvj^asttr) . Owlot Nightjar. — Found a 

 sot of four whito oii,i:s in a hollow. 0\\ lookin.u- into tho hollow from 

 horsobaok tho bird tlow out, brushinj;- my faoo. 



*Euryst<tmus orioiitalis. (/•.'. <>. ^;(•.■V;<7/.^i Kroail-billod RoUor. — 

 Flushed from a hollow 20 ft. up in a mountain ash; throo frosh o,njiS- 



Alcvono a/uroa (l. ii. f^uhlini). l^lrplo Kiniitishor.— Soon alone tho 

 ri\ or. 



Synia toro(t)ro i>' t. //(/r/Vo.^/W.N). YoUow-billod Kiniitishor. — Noted. 



*I)aoolo loaohi. Bluo-win.uod Kookaburra. — Found a nost in the 

 hollow trunk c( a jiiiarloil old bloodwood tFuoalypt) oontaiiiin.ir a re- 

 markable sot of five oii\iis; subsequently took anothor sot of four from 

 same site. Anothor nostin.c hole oontainod one ojiii-. toi;othor with one 

 ej;\c of Northern Rainbow Lorikeet. .\ fow days afterwards there 

 were two op:jrs of oaoh spooios. Climbed to a hollow, and found three 

 small younjr; one tryinji' to swallow a younj; goanna about l> in. lonjt; 

 about (? in. of tho reptile hanjiinir out of the youn.irstor's mouth. Send 

 Jaok baok for special lens. By the time ho returns I J in. more of 

 tho jroanna has ilisappoarod. Tho youn>r aro quito nakoil and eyes 

 not yet open. 



•Paoolo )r>Ri>>< (l^ ,1.' '""•'<''>■ Little Kookaburra. — Saw two nosts. 

 both in termites' nosts 20 foot up in trees; one oontainod four o.c'.cs- 



•Halcyon macloayi (H. m. Ninuirili). Northern Forest Kin.ctishor. — 

 Found a bin! drillinjr a hole in a termites' nest 'JO foot from tho 

 jrround. Later on I took five ejrps. whioh wore vory dirty, the result 

 of the termites tryinjr to build over them. 



•Halcyon p> rrhopyRius. Rod-baoked Kinjriisher. — Soouroil one 

 spooinioii. 



Halcyon sanctus. Saorod Kin.irtisher. — Noted several times. 



Tanysiptora sylvia. White-tailed Kinptisher.— Noted in tho scrubs. 



Merops ornatus. Rainbow-Bird. — Saw Tommy dijrjrin.ir out a hole, 

 and asked if ho had .cot a iroanna. "No more coanna." said ho. 



