28 stray Feathers. {_^Jf^^^,^ 



Red-capped Robin in North Queensland. — Mr. Fred. 

 L. Berney, at Richmond, about the beginning of April, shot for 

 identification a female Red-capped Robin (^Petnvca goodenovi), 

 a species not previously recorded for Northern Queensland. 



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A Fighting Flycatcher. — A little Rhipidura tj^icoloy 

 has been fighting his own shadow at the windows from end 

 of November to middle of March. We think he has since 

 died of starvation, as he waxed thinner and thinner daily, and 

 never went away to get a decent meal. — S. B. 2/4/02. 



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BUTCHER-BlRDS V. Dragon-FLIES. — At Faster, during a 

 duck-shooting excursion, I noticed a Butcher-Bird feeding on 

 Dragon-flies that were flying over water. The bird seemed 

 to be an expert at the game, for he never missed one at which 

 he darted. — Lance Le Souef, South Perth, W.A. 



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A Late Brood of Quail. — Mr. A. Mattingley found, on 

 the 2 1 St April, in the Alexandra district, Upper Goulburn 

 River (Vic), a nest of Brown Quail {Synoecus atistralis) contain- 

 ing ID chicks not long hatched. He also observed several 

 immature Quails on the same date. 



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A Forsaken Rookery. — Re Mutton-Birds at Sorrento, I 

 found an old rookery on the Cape Schanck side, that had been 

 deserted many years, and only bones of the birds scattered 

 about it. The Crown Ranger told Mr. Mattingley, sen., that 

 none of these birds has nested on the mainland for the past 

 10 years, as the foxes killed them all, and he used to find 

 scores lying about on the old rookery with their heads bitten 

 off. I also went well over the Portsea side, but saw no signs. — 

 D. Le Souef. 



Nidification of White-tailed Cockatoo. — Mr. Bruce 

 Leake mentions that in the three nests of this Cockatoo 

 {Calypto7'JiyncJius baudini) he has found in Western Australia, 

 in every case one of the eggs was a good deal more advanced 

 in incubation than the other. A reference to the same subject 

 has been made in Mr. Campbell's book, " Nests and Eggs of 

 Australian Birds," p. 605, showing that Black Cockatoos 

 generally lay their second t.^^ a week after the other, which 

 will quite account for the difference in incubation. — D. 



Le Souef. 



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Herbert River (N.Q.) Notes. — Black-Jieadcd Pardalote. — 

 On 30th of April last, while walking close to the edge of a 



