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not seem to care much for sitting on the water, perhaps on 

 account of the sharks, but prefers buoys or boats as a 

 resting-place when not on the wing ; and people who are 

 particular as to the condition of their boats resort to various 

 devices for scaring away these untidy visitors, a string of 

 small red flags being most effective. 



114. Tachybaptes capensis (Salvad.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 515. 



No. 240. (? juv. Gedais wells. Mar. 2, 1897. 



We met with this single specimen in a water-hole, where 

 it was evidently feeding on the tadpoles which were swarming 

 in the pond. 



115. ViNAGo WAALiA (Gm.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 85. 



-.^ ^„, -rxr T/r n. -.or.-, f Irls red, fcct 



No. 231. ?. Wagga, Mar. 8, 1897. | ^^^^^^' 



No. 259. c?. Goolis foot-hills, Mar. 17, „ „ „ 



No. 260. ?. „ 



Very common on the Goolis range and on Mt. Wagga. 

 During the heat of the day they love the deep shade afforded 

 by the sycamore fig-tree, which is always to be found in the 

 vicinity of water. 



116. (Ena capensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 518. 

 No. 79. ? . Sheikh ruins, Jan. 30, 1897. Iris hazel. 

 This little Ground-dove is very plentiful on the Goolis. 



117. Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 518. 



No. 162. c?. Wagga, Feb. 21, 1897. Iris black. 

 No. 163. ? . „ „ „ „ „ 



No. 173. c?. „ Feb. 23, „ „ „ 



118. Pterocles lichtensteini Temm. ; Salvad. Mem. R. 

 Accad. Sci. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 561. 



No. 241. ? . Gedais wells. Mar. 12, 1897. Iris brown. 

 No. 242. (S • „ ,, „ „ ,) „ 



No. . Sheikh wells. 



No. 



This is the common Sand-grouse of the Goolis range, and 

 its habits do not seem to differ from those of other species. 



