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tame that it accepted a grub from my companion's fingers. It is 

 interesting to watch a Yellow-breasted Shrike- Robin when it is 

 perched. Should the stick sway sUghtly, the bird's body sways 

 in unison, but its head remains stationary. This enables the bird 

 to focus its eyes on any desired spot. — L. G. Chandler. Malvern 

 (Vic), 15/5/15- 



Stray Feathers. 



Figs Eaten by Butcher-Bird. — A few days ago I noticed a 

 Collared Butcher-Bird {Cradicits destructor) devouring ripe figs. 

 Whether the bird did so lor the sake of the fruit only, or whether 

 it was atti acted, in the first instance, by the numbers of insects 

 which infested the figs, I do not know. I have not before known 

 these birds to eat fruit, but this season being exceptionally 

 dry, with a great scarcity of insect life, might account for the 

 change of diet. — L. G. Chandler. Melbourne, 21/4/15. 



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Extension of Locality. — While working in the bush the other 

 day, I observed a male Olive Whistler {Pachycephala olivacea), and, 

 knowing that this species was supposed not to range further north 

 than New South Wales, I thought that I might have made a 

 mistake. However, further observations led to my sending this 

 note to The Emu The oHve-brown back, dark grey head, white 

 throat marked with brown, the faint grey band across the chest, 

 and the reddish-brown under surface served as recognition marks. 

 — Noel V. L Agnew, R.A.O.U. Moreton Bay, Queensland. 



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Cockatoos in Western Australia — Mr. E. A. Le Souef states * 

 that he saw a flock of " hundreds of Bare-eyed Cockatoos {Cacatua 

 gymnopis)," apparently in the Moore River district of Western 

 Australia. I should say that the Cockatoos were probably 

 Licmetis pastinator (Western Long-billed Cockatoo), which, I know, 

 still occurs about there, and also further north. I have never seen 

 any other species of White Cockatoo about there, except Licmetis, 

 and Mr. Le Souef states that the birds he saw " were using their 

 long bills to dig up yams," which certainly confirms my surmise. 

 Apparently, no specimens were obtained for identification, and, if 

 the birds were Gymnopis, it is probably a first record for that 

 locality, as I can find no previous mention of their having been 

 observed there. Neither Mr. Lawson, in " A Glance at the Birds 

 of the Moore River (W.A.)," f nor Mr. A. W. Milligan, in " Notes 

 on a Trip to the Yandanooka District, Western Australia," { 

 mentions C. gymnopis, but both speak of Licmetis as occurring 

 in these localities. — Tom Carter. Sutton, Surrey, England, 

 11/3/15. 



* Emu, vol. xiv., part 3, p. 172. f Emu, voL iv., part 3, p. 132, 



XEmu, voL iv., part 4, p. 152. 



