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Red-crowned Fruit-Pigeon (Ptilopus swainsoni). — Nest on low bush, 

 egg fresh, 4th February. 



MAGPIE-LARK (Grallina picatd). — Here 1st May. Did not see any after 

 September. 



BUSTARD (Eupodotis australis). — Here 13th August. Several on plain, 

 1 ith October. 



Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus). — " Chopping " 18th 

 August; nest 17th November. 



Stone-Plover (Burhinus grallarius). — Nest 18th November. 



Straw-necked Ibis (Carphibis spinicollis). — Here 8th May. Have not 

 seen any for a long time (6th October). 



White Ibis {Ibis moluccd). — A few in mangroves, 12th September. 



GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus). — Saw what was a new one to me 

 20th October ; it was a smaller bird than the common, dark except breast, 

 which was a rufous color ; its flight was light and quick. 



Owlet Nightjars (JEgotheles novce-hollandice). — Calling, 22nd October. 



GREEN FINCHES (? Poephila gouldice). — Here 29th August ; saw none 

 after 13 th October 



" Red-billed " Finches. — Here 8th September. 



CUCKOOS. — A great variety, nth September. Koel {Eudynamis cyano- 

 cephald) and Channelbill (Scythrops novce-hollandice) calling, 12th Septem- 

 ber; latter numerous, 21st October. A Cuckoo " piping," 22nd October. 



GOSHAWK (Astur novce-hollandice). — Nesting, 21st August. 



WEDGE-TAILED Eagle (Uroaetus audax). — Saw one, 13th October. 



FROGMOUTHS (Pordargi). — Here 24th September, on roof of house, and 

 catching moths on mango blossom ; calling 27th September. One species 

 of Podargus bellows almost like a bullock, finishing with the usual snap 

 of beak. It is a common belief amongst residents on rivers frequented by 

 crocodiles that they (the crocodiles) bellow, but as they no not climb trees 

 it cannot be " alligators " but one of the Podargi. 



STARLING (Calornis metallica). — Here 26th July ; repairing their nest, 

 1 ith August. There were no light-coloured (probably immature) birds 

 amongst the first to arrive; 25th November, saw a lot of light-breasted 

 birds busy carrying material for nests, and working it into new nest higher 

 up, so that it looks as if the immature ones lay the same year. Young in 

 nest, 27th December. 



Banksian Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksi). — Here 21st May, but 

 retired, as the " bloodwood " (eucalypt) nuts were not ripe enough ; here 

 again 19th June ; also 23rd July, on bloodwoods. The other year a pair 

 nested near the house. Only at early morning and at dusk were the birds 

 seen near the nest. When young one was partly fledged both parents 

 left in the early morning, returning at dusk to a tree some distance from 

 the nesting tree chattering away for a few minutes, then they would both fly 

 to nest-hole, and enter without a sound. 



BLACK-BACKED MAGPIE {Gymnorhina tibicen). — Here 21st May ; in large 

 numbers, 27th May; a few, 12th October. 



PlED CROW-SHRIKE (Strepera graculina). — Here 13th June; gone in 

 August. 



Scrub-Fowl {Megapodius duperreyi). — Laying, 2nd October. 



