^°'^^J^- I stray Feathers. I I I 



cheeked, the New Holland, the White-plumed, and last, the least 

 in size but the greatest in importance, were some loor 12 of my 

 little friends with blood-red heads. No doubt the drought was 

 responsible for these tiny tropical beauties being driven in such 

 numbers so far south. — ARNOLD E. RODDA. Carlton (Vic), 

 14/7/02. 



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Some Arrivals and Departures Of Tasmanian Birds. — 

 The following are a few dates of arrival and departure, in 

 Tasmania, of some of the migratory birds. Up to the year 1899 

 the notes relate to the district of West Kentish, eight miles from 

 Wilmut ; after that date events relate to Wilmut. As will be 

 seen, many of the notes are somewhat brief and hastily entered, 

 but as they are made near the southern limit of some of the 

 birds mentioned the notes may not be without interest : — 



1892 (arrivals). 



wth y4z/^//.y/— Wood-Swallows. 



2nd Se/>tc;;iier—Fan-ta\\ed Cuckoos. 



4t/i September — Welcome Swallows. 



30//; September — Pallid Cuckoo. 



Note re Welcome Swallows says they had been noted at Jerusalem, 

 towards the south-east of the State, as arriving three weeks earlier than at 

 West Kentish. 



1893. 



28/// February — All migratory birds disappeared for a few weeks, but have 

 now returned, for harvest, evidently. 



MarcJi — Above have finally left. 



?.btJi July — Pallid Cuckoo. 



will August — Wood-Swallows. 



\bth August — Fan-tailed Cuckoo. 



Septe7nber — Bronze Cuckoo. 



\btJi Septeinber — Welcome Swallow. 



4/Z; October — Cuckoo-Shrike {^G. parvirostris). I have noted this bird 

 because it completely leaves this district from April to October. Doubtless 

 it goes to the coastal districts, where the cold is less severe. On i6th 

 August a very heavy fall of snow occurred ; Cuckoos disappeared after this 

 for some days. 



1894. 



26/// Auoust — Swallows (Welcome) at Latrobe. 



30//; August — Swallows at Antil Ponds. 



22nd August — Bronze Cuckoo. 



1895. 

 ■ijtk September — Cuckoos, Wood-Swallows, and Welcome Swallows 

 (nearly a month late). 



October — Native Hen {Tribony.v mortteri) with chicks. 



1896. 

 \st April — Migratory birds have gone. 

 May — Native Hen with chicks around her. 

 'jth July — Welcome Swallows. 

 2\st July — Pallid Cuckoo and Wood-Swallows arrived. 



1897. 

 15/A March — Migratory birds have left. 

 August — Cuckoos and Swallows arrived. 

 October — Cuckoo- Shrike. 



