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of the ni'st, wliicli tontuinrd two eggs of the Hristlc-Bird with 

 one egg of the han-tailed Cuckoo. The tlirec eggs were fresli, and 

 I am inclined to think that tlic Cuckoo's egg was kiid after the 

 first egg of tlie Bristle-Bird, for in most cases the Cuckoo removes 

 one egg of the foster-parent. 



The birds around Point Ivoadknight are seldom disturbed, and 

 I am glad to observe that the old " Cartwheel-Bird," as it is often 

 known as on account of its peculiar call, is beginning to get fairly 

 plentiful again, for during the months of October and November 

 I observed many nests containing eggs and young. 



Camera Craft Notes- 



Pelicans on Brisbane River. — The accompanying photograph 

 ])y K. h'. D'Arcy shows a number of Pelicans on a gravel bank on 

 the Brisbane River, about 20 miles above the city. This flock of 

 Pelicans is quite accustomed to come down to the Hamilton Reach, 

 which is almost in the city, and do a bit of hunting. These Peli- 

 cans also interested our party very greatly because about a dozen 

 of the big birds were observed perched or roosting on the more 

 powerful branches of a great gum-tree fully 80 feet above the 

 water. This is the first time I have noticed these birds utilizing 

 a tree for a camping-ground. — R. H. La B. Cummins. Brisbane 



(0.), 15/10/19. 



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Pelicans. — The accompanying photograph by Mr. R. G. 

 Johnston is of birds l)red on Lake Cowal, Wyalong, N.S.W., and 

 was taken in March, 1918, when about half-grown. They have 

 got their full plumage and size in the spring of 1919. About 

 50 Pelicans were breeding in the lake last year. The young were 

 being fed chiefly on common carp. The lake is now nearly dry, 

 and unless rain falls will be gone in January. It is interesting to 

 find Pelicans breeding about water not strictly permanent. The 

 drought. Crows, Hawks, and foxes are preventing the increase of 

 bird-life in the district very considerably, and it is very noticeable 

 that insect pests are more numerous and a great nuisance. A 

 terrific moth plague is just ending, and pumpkin bugs are all over 

 the fields. — A. S. Le Souef. Taronga Park, Sydney, 4/11/19. 



The Ground-Thrush. — In my early bird-observing days I made 

 acquaintance with the Australian Ground-Thrush {Oreocincla 

 lunulata), and found many of its beautiful nests in the tea-tree 

 scrub along Port Phillip Bay, from Sandringham to Mordialloc 

 and beyond. In the nineties there were still great areas of 

 uncultivated land, and, except on public holidays, one could 

 ramble day-long without meeting half a dozen persons. Birds 



