582 Mr. T. Carter on the Birds of [Ibis, 



year. The seaweed, no doubt, was blown inside the hut by 

 the wind, as the hut was on the edge ot" the beach. In 

 another hut, but seldom used, a Kestrel had laid its eggs on 

 the top of the heap of wood ashes in the fireplace. The 

 birds used the chimney to go in or out of the small building. 



Fandion haliaetus cristatus. 



The White-headed Osprey was fairly common on Dirk 

 Hartog Island. Several nests were seen on rocky bluffs of 

 the east coast, and they were being repaired and renewed 

 for the coming breeding-season from the middle of May. 

 On the 15th of that month I was interested in watching 

 an Osprey drive off a White-bellied Sea-Eagle that had 

 approached the former's nest. Tiie Osprey kept rising 

 above the Eagle high up in the air, and every time it 

 swooped down at it the latter turned itself edgeways, 

 opposing the edge of its upper wing to the Osprey, so that 

 the Osprey was unable to do any damage to its larger 

 opponent. On 1 October, 1916, a young Osprey almost 

 ready to fly was taken from its nest by one of the shearers 

 and brought in to the station. 



A few Ospreys were observed on the Peron, but they were 

 not numerous. 



Neonanodes petrophilus petrophilus. 



Western Rock- Parrots occurred on both Dirk Hartog 

 Island and the Peron, but could not be called numerous. 

 Only two birds were seen on the first visit to the island, 

 which means that I was there a month without observing 

 any others. This pair of birds settled on the ground 

 May 21, just in front of the homestead, a few feet above 

 high-water mark. The weather was very unsettled at the 

 time, and showery. They were both females : one was in very 

 ragged plumage and with only one tail-feather, the other was 

 in fair plumage. Mr. Lloyd, the station manager, informed 

 me that these birds breed regularly in the crevices of a 

 rocky point (Notch Point) three miles north of the home- 

 stead, but although I examined this place several times on 



