54 Campbell, Additions to " H. L. White Collection." [,sf'"oct. 



the smoke-cloud. Try another couple of shots at the Pratincoles, 

 and they ascend and soar again, and eventually disappear into 

 the blue. 3/12/19. — Dozens of Pratincoles about the burnt 

 country, hawking high in the air. Get another bird. Towards 

 evening a flock of Pratincoles came from the north. 4/12/19. — 

 Oriental Pratincoles are in numbers all along the track. The 

 majority seem to be arriving.] 



OEdicnemus grallarius, Latham. Southern Stone-Plover. 

 Burhiniis m. magnirostris. 



One S, I ?• A fine pair, and valuable material. It is not often 

 one examines the Southern Stone-Plover from so far north. These 

 insular birds are hghter-coloured — notably throat, abdomen, and 

 lesser wing coverts — and are smaller than typical birds, and appear 

 to agree with Ramsay's CE. longipes (see " Tab. List Austr. Birds," 

 p. 35). The female is darker than the male about the breast ; 

 tarsus, 133 mm. Male, tarsus 143 mm. 



The following is Mr. M'Lennan's history of the interesting pair, 

 for posterity : — " 29/11/19. — About 8.30 p.m., outside tent, hear 

 a low whistle several times repeated. I imitate the note, and it is 

 again sounded louder and nearer. Get gun and torch and go out. 

 Hear a patter of feet on the fallen leaves, and flash the torch 

 (electric) in the direction. A Stone-Curlew^ is revealed, which 

 drops on the ground with outspread wings. Then it rises and 

 runs to the edge of the beam of hght, wiiere I stop it. An hour 

 later I heard a similar whistle ; I repeated the previous performance, 

 and secured tlie other Curlew." 

 *Mesophoyx plumifera, Gould. Plumed Egret. 

 M. intermedia plumiferus. 



One r?.' Typical. Seen once. " 



*Dupetor gouldi, Bonaparte. Yellow-necked Bittern. 



D. flavicollis olivei. 



One o'. Upper surface lighter-coloured, otherwise similar to 

 Northern Territory specimens. Noted on two occasions. 



Hieracidea occidentalis, Gould. Striped Brown Haw-k. 

 H. hcrigova oricntalis. 



One o. An exceedingly fine skin, striped on the under surface 

 even to the tibia feathers, and agreeing with another example in 

 the " H. L. White Collection " from the Gulf of Carpentaria 

 country. 



Tw^o other large Hawks were frequently seen, which were 

 believed to be the Spotted Harrier {Circtts assimilis) and the Red 

 Goshawk {Erythrotriorchis radiatus), but long and persistent 

 stalkings by Mr. M'Lennan failed to secure a specimen of either. 



Elanus axillaris, Gould. Austrahan Black-shouldered Kite. 



E. notakis. 



One $. This Kite, the second skin secured of Accipitrcs from 

 Moa Island, would appear to be a northern record. It ranges as 

 far south as Western Port, Victoria. Parryi (Mathews), from 



