381 Mr. K. Broadbcnt on the 



4k CoLLocALiA FRANCicA (Gniel.) (op. cit. p. 53.2). 



Tliis beautiful little Swift is common at the base of 

 Bellenden-Ker and up to an altitude of 1800 feet. I have 

 seen it catching flies in the lowlands even when it was nearly 

 dark, and then moving off towards the mountains. It breeds 

 in the rocky gorges of the Coast Range, from the Herbert 

 River to above Cairns, but is not found so far north as Cape 

 York. It is most common in the low country ou wet days. 



45. Merops ornatus Lath. (op. cit. p. 545). 



This Bee-eater was common on sunny days at Granite 

 Camp (380 feet), and was also seen iu June at an altitude oE 

 1800 feet on Mount Barnard. 



46. Dacelo gigas (Bodd.) (op. cit. p. 551). 

 Found up to 2000 feet. 



47. Dacelo leachi Vig. & Ilorsf. (op. cit. p. 555). 

 Granite Camp (380 feet). 



48. Tanysiptera sylvia Gould (op. cit. p. 5G1). 



A nest was seen at 1800 feet. This bird, a true denizen 

 of the scrub, bores into a termites' nest and lays four beau- 

 tiful roundish white eggs. It delights in the gullies of the 

 mountains, from north of the Herbert River to Cape York, 

 during October, November, and December. It feeds its 

 young on termites. 



49. Cacomantis variolosus (Horsf.) (op. cit. p. 572). 

 Found at 3000 feet on Bellenden-Ker. This handsome 



bird used to utter its mournful call all night, while we were 

 shooting tree-kangaroos iu the mountains. It is not found 

 near Brisbane. 



50. Centropus phasianus (Lath.) (op. cit. p. 590). 



Ou Bellenden-Ker at 1800 feet. Found all along the cast 

 coast of Queensland, and there called the Swamp-rhcasant. 

 It builds in low grassy Hats and hatches its own eggs. 



51. Trichoglossus nov^e - hollandi^ (Gm.) (op. cit. 

 p. 592). 



I saw a small flock of these Parrakcets flying over South 



