72 Camera Craft Notes. [^^.^ 



July 



Under " Camera Craft " are reproduced two photographs by Mr. 

 W. G. Harvey, Mackay (N.O.,), representing the nests of the 

 W'hitc-shouldered Caterpillar-eater and the Pied Caterpillar-eater. 

 The Messrs. Harvey Brothers are adepts at nature studies with 

 their camera, and it is hoped that more of their excellent pictures 

 will follow these. — A. J. Campbell. 



Nest of Eurostopodus guttatus (Spotted Nightjar). — The accom- 

 panying photograph was taken whilst on a trip around the Boinka- 

 Linga district (on the Ouyen-Pinaroo line). Several Spotted 

 Nightjars {Eurostopodus guttatus) were seen during our stay, but 

 it was not until towards the end of our trip that we were successful 

 in locating the nesting-site. On approaching the vicinity of the 

 nest the bird was seen to rise from the ground, and one of the 

 party, Mr. F. E. Howe, was fortunate enough to find the egg. 

 The egg was simply placed on the ground, no attempt being made 

 to form any depression in the ground. The photograph was 

 taken in situ, no one being allowed to handle the egg until after 

 the plate was exposed. We were formerly of the opinion that 

 the egg would be placed on the limestone ridges, so that when the 

 bird was sitting she would harmonize with the surrounding 

 material, but this was not the case, as the egg was found amongst 

 the fallen debris under the mallee eucalyptus. — Herbert A. 

 PuRNELL, R.A.O.U. Geelong. 



Correspondence. 



Gould's types. 

 To the Editors of " The Emu." 

 Sirs, — I do not agree with Mr. Edwin Ashby when he says 

 " Gould would call anything within lOO miles Adelaide." Gould 

 was far too careful to do this, and he speaks many times of the 

 "Mallee belts" of the Murray. I am now alluding to Gilbertornis 

 riif ocularis (P. rufogularis). To strengthen my contention I 

 would like to state that this bird puzzled my father very much, 

 and I know he had several conversations with Gould about it, 

 stating that he had hunted the country for many miles around 

 Adelaide for the bird, but had never seen it, and had come to 

 the conclusion there was some mistake ; but Gould assured my 

 father that he procured it near the township of Adelaide. I had 

 the honour of re-discovering this species much nearer to Adelaide 

 than Karoonda, and upon sending a specimen to Melbourne I 

 was astonished at receiving a letter stating that my bird was the 

 immature of Pachycephala gilberti, especially as I had made the 

 skin and dissected the specimen. — Yours, &c., 

 " Wetunga," Fulham (S.A.), 26/5/19. S. A. WHITE. 



