65 CHENEBY — Notes un Vyuds of South-Wesi (.iucenslanil. 



oJ' the i)arly did i-elui-n. Biiike and Wills both diwi on luua- 

 uiincka Slalion coiinti-y, dni-in" iheir efforts to reach Bhuiclu'- 

 water Slalion, (h>\vn the creek. Kin^ lived wilh Ihe blacks and 

 was treated well nntil i)icked ujt by llowitt. Tliere is a very 

 ancient nig<>er at Xap])a Meriic who icrkons he renienibei-s see 

 ing Kin<>-. This was in 1SC>L so iinich tor Ihe historical inter- 

 lude. We spent two iiiterestinj; days nl the head station, 

 including a boat excursion on the Coojier. durinii which we met 

 with a colony of Fairy Martins, with their bottle nests attached 

 to a mass of drift-wood cau*>ht in the overhan<iin«; boujihs of the 

 ti-lree, and suspended a few feet above the water, and a teal's 

 ne.st with nine e,t>-gs in a dense lipium bush. The P>lack Money- 

 eater was also noted here, and a frail nest, only three feet, from 

 the ground, containing one egg, was found. Iloth species of 

 Ground Dove Avere found nesting, also the Ked-backed King 

 fisher and the Ked-lored l*ardalote. Botli of these sj)ecies bur- 

 row into the bank for nearly two feet and the Pardalote's nest 

 is (piite a substantial one of gi'ass and rootlets. 



A nest of the \\'hite-\\'inged Wren was found also, placed 

 in the fork of a stunted tree, five feet from the ground, a most 

 unusual sitimtion, but there was very little ground bush in the 

 paddock. Miihinix (issiniilis was also identified, and a nest of 

 Siiiicroniis with three incubated eggs in a needlewood found. 

 On the 2(;th SeptemlxM' we left in a Ford car, with Mr. Joe ("on- 

 rick, a keen natuic photograi)her, for Bamoulah Out Station. 

 *5 miles uj) the Cooper. A Black Falcon was seen early in the 

 joui'uey. On the tableland country the Mitchell gi-ass was 

 sprouting gi-cen. and docks of sheep enjoying it. AsJih/iia was 

 seen here and a nest found from which the bird was Hushed, 

 but })roved em])ty. Later, we saw fully Hedged young of this 

 species. St. Ann's she<>]) station, the residence of Mr. (Mive 

 Conrick, \\as reached at IS miles. From here the road was 

 rough, sandhills and jiorcuitino b<'its alternating with lignum 

 Hats and box tindter. A sharj) look out was ke])l for any signs 

 (»r Ihe Night Parrot in this country, whi(di I should say is ideal 

 for it, but noiH' were seen. Two Kites' nests were taken, each 

 containing eggs. Pacific Herons, a Little Ragle. Night -herons, 

 weie noted also. A noticeable absence of i)arrots in this dis- 

 trict. We saw one fiair of I'hn^ Ponnets this day and a few 

 King-necks. P.amoulah is 40 miles from head station, and is 

 silualed in park-like country on a i>ermanenl walerliole. In 

 its neighbourhood the (^oo])er is no longer a single* stream, but 

 s|>r<>ads ov<M' a tremendous area of lignum swamji country, inler- 

 s]>ersed with nan-ow channels. FTere, for two or three days, 

 we trani|»ed the swamjts and forded the channels most times 



