68 Stray I- cat hers. [isfjuly 



The ravages of foxes are complained of. Obviously the supply 



of small game has given out in the mountains, and Reynard 



has shifted into winter quarters in the height of summer. — 



James Wilson. 



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ACANTHIZA TENUIR0STR1S (ZlETZ). — EXTENSION OF LOCALITY — 

 I beg to report that this small species has been found in Western 

 Australia, there being a specimen in the Perth Museum from the 

 Murchison district. As our vice-president has pointed out when 

 describing this new species (Proc. Roy. Soc. S.A., vol. xxiv., 

 p. 112, 1900), it is nearest allied to A. rcguloidcs (BufT-rumped 

 Tit), but is a smaller bird, and in addition to other differences 

 easily distinguished by its yellowish-white upper tail coverts 

 instead of ochreous as in A. rcguloidcs. It appears to me that 

 A. tenuirostris is the western form of A. rcguloidcs, or vice versa. — 

 A. W. Milligan. Perth (W.A.), 6/5/03. 



Wood-Swallows Eating Honey. — Concerning my note on this 

 subject (Emu, vol. ii., p. 217), perhaps I should have stated that 

 the stomachs of those birds examined contained not only insects, 

 but also a yellowish sticky liquid, just like honey. The ants did 

 not amount to more than three or four to each bird, but of course 

 one would not expect to find full stomachs at the early hour at 

 which the birds were shot. But, apart from that, the steady, 

 deliberate movements of the bird's head and neck as it buried 

 its beak in each blossom, holding it there a moment while, as I 

 think, it extracted the nectar, all indicated the honey-eater rather 

 than the insect-hunter. There was no peck or quick movement 

 such as you would expect with the latter. — Fred. L. Berney. 

 Richmond (N.Q.), 15/4/03. 



Breeding Season of the Bustard (Eupodotis australis) in 

 North Queensland. — 



4th January (1902). — Male bird " strutting." 



17th January (1898). — Nest, two eggs. 



27th January (1898). — Two nests, one egg in each. 



30th January (1903). — Male bird " strutting." 



31st January (1900). — Nest, two eggs. 



1 8th February (1898). — Nest, one egg. 



1 8th February (1903). — Turkey Bustards "calling" at night. 



27th February (1902). — Nest, one egg. 



28th February (1898). — Young bird just able to fly. 



8th March (1898).— Young bird just able to fly. 



22nd March (1898). — Nest, one egg, much incubated. 



4th April (1902). — Young bird just able to fly. 



1 6th June (1901). — Nest, one egg, bird flushed. 



13th July (1901). — Bird shot contained hard-shelled egg; 

 would have been deposited within about a week. 



