I'l Bird Note>i. 



of the season, and to the jireater difhcnlty of getting fooJ 

 supplies. 



On April 1(5, 1 noticed two F(iJ<-o loin/ipeiinis (Little Falcon^ 

 together, rtying swiftly. By the slaty ai)pearance of the ujjper 

 surface, I believed them to be young birds. 



On the ]()th. a small Hock of f'hiti/cercuH eximiiis (Rosellu 

 l*arrot| made their a])pearan('e. Tw(» pairs were noted sitting 

 on a dead branch of a gum tree ajtparently quarrelling. They 

 were about for wonn* days feeding on the seeds of the thistles, 

 wire weeds, etc.; but unfortunately they betook themselves 

 to the late pears and apples and one was accideutly caught 

 in a gin trap. Its legs were so badly crushed that it had to 

 be killed, but the skin was i»reserved and proved to be that 

 of a female. The male bird still lingers, eating seed and 

 (humming up with other birds; but the other pair ha? 

 departed. 



Parhi/cephola pectoral is fiiH</inos<i (South Australian 

 Yellow-breasted Thickhead I a female or young male of this 

 bird was noted. 



April 23. — Saw two CacotiKiiilis riihrivafiis (Fantail 

 <''uckoos) in the gum trees. 



(Utrachid novae holla iidiae melaitops- (Black-faced Cuckoo- 

 Shrike), not uncommon about the paddocks. They are now 

 tuining their attention to searching out insect food, such as 

 grass-ho]t])ers, snuill goat moths, and the like. 



(irallina eyanoleuca (Murray Magpies) are now very tame, 

 and doing much good in eating insects. 



MAY, 1921. 



Mr. .1. \V. xMellor, reports — With the fine rain after rii? 

 long dry spell, the 'birds have been greatly benefited, especially 

 the ]\fagi)ies. Laughing .Jackasses, and others whose food con- 

 fiists of the largei- insect forms. 



May 14th. — I was pleased to note Llfflera ehri/sopteni 

 pJioetiicea (Flame-bi-easted Robin) in open country, the first of 

 the season at the Beedbeds. It was a male bird searching 

 for insects. The day previous I saw Anfhoehaera chrifsoptera 

 intermerJia ('Brush Wattle Bird) at Lockleys; this I was pleased 

 to note, for although it is j>ermanently established at Fulham. 

 where it breeds freely, I seldom see it here. 



On several occasions I have noted a ThicklK^ad in its dull 

 plumage at Lockleys, being either a female or immature nuile 

 of Faehj/eephala pectoralis fuUf/inosa (South Australian Yellow- 

 breasted Thickhead I was calling as it hopped about in tlie 

 frui't trees in search of insect food. 



