18 PARSONS— A Motor Trip to Western Queenstau cl . 



Mt. l.eonaid Htatiou during the day time would be black with 

 whistlers, but just at dusk they would leave the holes aud scat- 

 ter over the flooded country to feed, returning again in hundreds 

 just at daybreak. 



29. Whistling Duck (Deiidroajifjiia jaouiiica) — A few of 

 these birds were scattered amongst the plumed whistling ducks. 



»>(). Black Duck { A lifts .siipcrciliosd ) — Common on swamjis. 

 Many broods of ducklings seen on the small waterholes. 



ol. (Jrey Teal {Xcttiiini (/ilibcrifrons) — Common <in 

 swani]}S, several nests found. Favourite position is at base of 

 thick lignum bush. Great numbers of ducklings could be seen 

 on all the swamps. 



82. Pink-eared Duck ( Malacorhynchus mem bran ace us) — A 

 few odd ])airs of bii-ds seen on quiet waterholes. The unani- 

 mous o])inion of the settlers is that this duck is the best of wild 

 ducks for table ])urposes. 



30. Pied Cormorant (Hypoleuens variuH) — Only one pair 

 of birds seen. 



34. Australian Darter {Anhincja novachollandiae) — A few 

 birds met with. 



35. Pelican (Catoptropclirainis conspicillatKs) — Often 

 seen on the waterholes. 



36. Wedge-tailed Eagle {JJroacfux (iiidax) — These birds 

 were scarce. Two or three of their large nests were seen. In 

 one of them were two eaglets almost ready to leave the nest. 



37. Little Eagle (Hieraaein^ morphnoidcs) — Sparsely dis- 

 tributed. Always selected the highest trees in the vicinity for 

 nesting. Nest contained two eggs. 



38. Whistling Eagle (Haliastur sphenvnts) — A common 

 bird, always about the station, but flies at a higher altitude than 

 tbe kites. 



30. Fork-tailed Kite iMUriis korscJinn) — A -very common 

 bird. It would be very unusual not to be able to see one at any 

 time of the day. They congreaate about the station homesteads 

 or drovers' camT)s. I counted 37 kites flying about Mt. Leonard 

 Station homestead, and T know I missed some, and at Diamen- 

 tina Gates homestead I counted 30 birds, and estimate that they 

 were about one-third of the flock that were at that time flying 

 about the station yards. They nest in the Coolebah Trees on 

 the watercourses. Their nests are much larger than the Whist- 

 ling Eagles. The usual clutch was two, but in one case I found 

 three eggs. 



40. Letter-Avinged Kite (Elanus scriptns) — On our way to 

 Diamontina Gates we passed through Davenport. It was here 



