%L?^] CHISHOI.^r, Xofcs on Two Xczv Birds. 3 



that doubts were tlissoived. Reference to the writings of the latt; 

 Dr. Ramsay and of Mr. Jackson ( ai)])arently the only ornitholo- 

 liists who had met Atrichoniis afield), made it (|uite certain that 

 this was indeed the Scrub-l>ird ( i)itifully-inade(|uate name!) — 

 that Queensland had been, almost literally, entertaining,' angels 

 imawares. The full-throated call which 1 had written as •'Chit- 

 chit-cliit-chit" was syllabilised by Dr. Ramsay ( for the Dorrifjo 

 Tiird) as "Chi])." and by Mr. Jackson as "Chirp"; for the rest, 

 we were in agreement, ])articularly regarding the habitat an<l 

 extraordinary elusiveness of the bird. 



It was this knowledge, the extension of the range of Atrichor- 

 iiis (supposedly ntfcscciis), from the Richmond and Clarence 

 River region to Oueensland, that induced Mr. II. L. White to 

 send his collector to the ]\Iacpherson Range in the spring of 

 T919. The results of that trip, with the discovery of the long- 

 sought female of the species as the outstanding feature, are 

 already well known ; and in a later issue of I'lic Emu details were 

 given of the further success which attended Jackson's renewed 

 lesearches in the Spring of 1920. It was my pleasure to follow 

 m his footste]:)s on the latter occasion. He came down from the 

 range to Brisbane just a day or two l^efore Dr. Jeffris Turner 

 I the well-known entomologist), !\Ir. J. C. Smith (secretary of 

 the h'ielc! Naturalists' Club), and myself re-visited the locality. 

 That was Ijetween Christmas and Xew Year. We had only a 

 week in camp in the .settler's hut, but what we lacked in time, 

 comi)ared with Jackson, we gained in weather, which was fine 

 almost throughout. 



That camping-sp(^t had an ornithological distinction all its 

 ^A\n. Where else in the world, it mav be asked, could one sit 

 on a door-step at dawn, day after day, and be sure of hearing, 

 almost simultaneouslv. the voices of such gifted creatures as the 

 Rufous Scrub-Bird,' Lyre-Bird, Rifle-Bird, W^iip-Bird, and 

 I')Ower-P>ird ? Jackson had observed that an Atrichoniis fre- 

 f[uented a corner of jungle immediately adjoining the clearing; 

 and. sure enough, the loud, imperative note of thi- bird greeted 

 lis early on the day following our night-arrival. 



ATRICHORXIS AT CLOSE RANGE,. 



It did not take long to locate this distinguished neighbour. 

 Going quietly to the spot about which the swelling "chit-chits" 

 "were centering, I knelt beside a moss-covered log and commenced 

 to make moderately inviting noises. 



Presently the faintest rustle became audible ; a mouse-like 

 figure could be seen moving forward with cautious rapidity ; and 

 a feAv moments later it had boimced upon the very log that accom- 

 modated its seeker. This was excellent fortune, enabling, as it 

 did, the securing o\ almost as good a view of the bird as can 



