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Chalcococcyx malayanus. Little Bronze-Cuckoo.— Fairly plentiful. 

 Eudynamis cyanocephala. Koel Cuckoo. — Fairly plentiful. 

 Generally seen in the scrub trees eating fruit. 



Scythrops novae-hollandiae. Channclbill Cuckoo. — Few birds noted, 

 generally flying high. 



Centropus phasianus. Swamp Coucal. — Plentiful in forest country. 

 Breeding in the long grass. Found two nests, and took a set of three 

 eggs from one. Five eggs in another nest were destroyed by vermin. 



Pitta simillima. Lesser Pitta. — These are migratory birds from 

 New Guinea, and on my arrival at Cape York they had not put in an 

 appearance. Tiie first one was noted on loth October, iQio, and a 

 few days later the species was plentiful in the scrubs, and there 

 shortly commenced to build. They were still breeding when I left 

 the locality. Nest, a large dome-shaped structure, placed on the 

 ground against the root of a tree, &c. Eggs varied from three to 

 four for a sitting. Many of the nests examined contained one or two 

 eggs, which always disappeared before the full clutch was laid. 

 Upwards of 40 nests were found, and none contained young. 



Pitta mackloti. Blue-breasted Pitta. — The notes given for Pitia 

 simillima apply to this species, which is very plentiful. 



Micrceca pallida. Pale Flycatcher. — A few pairs seen in the scrub. 

 None found breeding. 



Micrceca flaviventris. Lemon-breasted Flycatcher. — -Fairly plenti- 

 ful in forest country, breeding. Nests are built on small dead tree- 

 forks, and are very small structures. Only a single egg was laid for 

 a sitting, and a specimen measures 0.73 x 0.52. 



Pseudogerygone magnirostris. Large-billed Fly-eater. — Few birds 

 noted about the mangroves, where I found them breeding on a former 

 occasion. The eggs of Chalcococcyx malayanus I frequently ob- 

 served in the nests. 



Pseudogerygone personata. Black-throated Fly-eater. — Found 

 breeding in scrubs. Always builds close to wasps' nests, which have 

 to be burnt before the bird's nest can be examined. 



Poecilodryas albifacies.* White-faced Robin. — Two birds of this 

 species were observed in thick scrub, but I was unable to obtain the 

 eggs. First observed by me here season 1896-7. (See " Nests and 

 Eggs " (Campbell), p. 153.) 



Rhipidura albiscapa. White-shafted Fantail. — Was observed when 

 I arrived, but did not remain, evidently going further south for the 

 purpose of breeding. 



Rhipidura rufifrons. Rufous Fantail. — Observed on my arrival at 

 Cape York migrating from New Guinea, and was seen frequently, 

 flying low over the waves, coming to the mainland. After resting for 

 a few days they departed further south. None seen after the end 

 of October. 



Myiagra conoinna. Blue Flycatcher. — Fairly plentiful, and found 

 breeding in forest country. 



Myiagra nitida. Satin Flycatcher. — A few seen in the mangroves ; 

 not found breeding 



* According to Hartert, P. albigularis. 



