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At 70 miles from W inlon we weiil iiilo a dry cami) al'ler dark. 

 The night was warm (60 deg. F.) Small Pied Butcher I5irds. 

 Crows, Crested Pigeons were round our camp. Quarrions and 

 Australian Cranes were seen. On the 27th of June we covered 

 a good piece of country, and reached Longreach, 121 miles from 

 Winton. Ob.served few birds during the morning. After leaving 

 the town saw Yellow-throated Miners, P)lack-faced Wood- 

 Swallows, Crested Pigeons, Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrikes, Fantails 

 and Singing Honeyeaters; we travelled through high grass much 

 of the time. On Balkaldena vStation, at 73 miles from Pongreach, 

 Australian Cranes and Grey-crowned Babblers (P. temporalis) 

 were seen. We camped that night on a very low ])iece of 

 ground, but in a beautiful district. The weather was threatening 

 for rain, and it set in during the night, developing into a down- 

 pour; so we were fixed for a while, as we could not move. 



The vegetation was very lovely. Next day Emus came right 

 up to the camp. Australian Cranes were close by. Grey Ducks, 

 Laughing Kookaburras (Dacelo (/igos), Restless Flycatchers, 

 Jacky Winters, Wrens (sp. ?), Thornbills (sp. ?), Frogmouth 

 {Podargus, sp. ?), Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters, Rufous Song- 

 Lark (CinclorJianiphiis mathewsi), the last-named singing very 

 loudly; Galahs, Whistling Eagles, Crested Bell-I>ird, Pied 

 Butcher-Bird, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Red-wing Parrot, 

 and Bower Bird were noted. We pushed on over a sandy piece 

 of country, which was well timbered. We now got on to black 

 soil, which was very wet, and we had a great job to make any 

 headway. We went into cam]) after dark on low ground, and 

 heavy rain set in. The morning of the 29th found us in a 

 pretty mess, for we had to remain till the country dried up. Birds 

 round the camp were Australian Cranes, Striped Honeyeaters 

 (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), Grey Thrush (CoUitriciiicla har- 

 monica), Crested Bell-Bird, Yellow-throated Miner, Bower Bird 

 (the latter came on to the table for the crumbs). Narrow-billed 

 Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcifes basalis), vStriated Thornbill {/Ican- 

 thiza lineata), Yellow-tailed Thornbill ( Geobasilcus chrysor- 

 rkons), Butcher Bird, Hooded Robin, vSpiny-cheeked Honeyeater, 

 Cloncurry Honeyeater, Chestnut-eared Finch, Crimson Chat. 

 Restless Fantail, Crows, and Black-backed Magpies. 



It was a cold night {?)7 deg. F. ). We got away at ''..^O a.m., 

 through fairly open grass country. We saw Emus. Australian 

 Cranes, Kestrels. At 204 miles, 7.30 p.m., we reached Tambo. 

 and were glad to get there, for the day has been bitterly cold. A 

 cold night (37 deg. F.). On July 2nd, we packed up, and got 

 away at 7.50 a.m. (xoing was very heavy, just natural tracks; 

 heavy black ground. We saw Emus, Pdack-faced Wood Swal- 

 lows. We reached Charleville at 7.30 p.m., at 332 miles. We 

 had a bitterly cold day in the mud. The mercury dropped to 

 33 deg. F. that night. We saw Red-capped Robin, P>rown 'Pree- 

 creej)er (CUmactcris picnmua) , Black-faced Wood-vSwallow, 



