208 A. G. Campbell, The Birds of King Island. \ jst April 



MeliorniS N0V^-H0LLANDI.E (White-bearded Honey-eater). — Few in 

 number, but more easily found among cultivated flowers than among 

 the native. 



ACANTHOCH.ERA INAURIS (Yellow Wattle-Bird).— One pair noted feeding 

 on a flowering blue gum tree. 



Pardalotus AFFINIS (Yellow-tipped Pardalote). — Common only where 

 gum trees exist. 



Pardalotus quadragintus (Forty-spotted Pardalote). 

 HiRUNDO NEOXENA (Swallow). — Common. 



Petrochelidon nigricans (Tree Martin). — Found among the gum 

 trees. 



Anthus australis (Ground-Lark). — Common in the pastures. 



Artamus SORDIDUS (Wood-Swallow). — A few pairs arc found in the 

 timber. 



Halcyon SANCTUS (Sacred Kingfisher). 



CUCULUS PALLIDUS (Pallid Cuckoo). — Occasionally heard. 



Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed Cuckoo). — Occasionally heard. 



* Chalcococcyx basalis (Narrow-billed Cuckoo). — One specimen shot. 



Chalcococcyx PLAGOSUS (Bronze Cuckoo). 



It is noticed that the female Cuckoos are silent and very shy, while the 

 males of the smaller species whistle, during the nesting season, at all times 

 of the day, sometimes rivalling one another from adjacent tree tops. 



Calyptorhynchus funereus, var. xanthonotus (Black Cockatoo). 



Callocephalon galeatum (Gang-Gang Cockatoo). 



Cacatua galerita (White Cockatoo). 



Platycercus flaviventris (Green Parrakeet). — This species is one of 

 the few of this genus having the immatvire plumage differing from the 

 adult. The adult Green Parrakeet of King Island is very large, measuring 

 15^ inches in length. The back is black, with indigo-green edgings to the 

 feathers ; the under surface greenish-yellow, with under tail coverts washed 

 with crimson. The young birds, probably until three years of age, are 

 a uniform smudgy olive-green, excepting the blue on primaries and cheeks 

 and the crimson on forehead, which, however, are not so bright as in the 

 adult. November is the nesting season. 



Neophema VENUSTA (Blue-winged Grass-Parrakeet). 



PhapS ELEGANS (Brush Bronze-wing). — A few are found in scrubby areas. 



TurNIX VARIA (Painted Quail). — May be flushed in short scrub. 



Hypot^NIDIA BRACHYPUS (Slate-breasted Rail). 



*PORPHYRlo MELANONOTUS (Bald-Coot). — Seen running about on weedy 

 marshes. 



*Fulica australis (Coot). — In flocks on the larger lagoons. 



H^MATOPUS LONGIROSTRIS (Pied Oyster-catcher). — This species is found 

 on the sandy beaches nesting among loose seaweed. Large young ones 

 were seen early in November. 



H^MATOPUS UNICOLOR (Black Oyster-catcher). — This larger species is 

 not so common, and lives mostly among the rocky parts of the coast. At 

 one place, an old resident affirms, a pair of these birds has lived and reared 

 young each season for 25 years at least. 



