86 ('Hh:\EliY—\(,t<H on llini^. 



swamp country, but were not then neslini;. Tlie soii<> is a 

 very pleasant one, and the male bird sin<is aliiiost constantly. 

 A bunch of dry mistletoe in an acacia oi- in a iimlj^a seems their 

 favourite neslinji- site; four or five old nests were found in 

 this .situation. We also found nests of the Owlet Nightjar 

 and the Cockatoo Pari-aUeet ibotli with full Hedged young. The 

 young Owlets appeai-ed to have down, oi- white tiutf at any rate, 

 adhering to the ends of the feathers, otherwise the plumage ifs 

 similar to that of the adult. The young Parrots appear to 

 get their adult plunmge. crest and all, with their first dress. 



We saw Desert ('hats and l*ratincoles again between the 

 Y'alpunga gate in the fence and Tibbooburra. ^Ve saw two 

 more Desert Chats next day between Tibbooburra and Mil- 

 parinka, also some Australian Dottrells; we also picked up the 

 fresh dead body of a full,y-fledged, probably young. Dottrel!, 

 that had apparently been run over by the mail car. An event- 

 ful run over bad roads landed us safely back in Broken Hill 

 on October 12th. We must have covered well over 1,000 miles 

 on this trip and I, personally, enjoyed every day of it. Hard- 

 ships are nothing, if the work is congenial. 



Some Tasmanian Bird Notes. 



Contributed by EDWIN ASHHY, P\L.S., M.B.O.U. 



— lihipUhiid iiiofdcilloidcs y &. H Third Kecord for Tasmania. — 



Mr. W. H. Vaughan of Lunawanna, South Bruny Islands, 

 Southern Tasmania, informed me that at the end of January or 

 beginning of February, 1019, a Black-and-white Fantail (Rhi pi- 

 dura inntarilloidcs) was flitting about his pigsty all one day, 

 catching flies. Sad to relate, tlipir cat brought it into 

 the house the next day. Not only is this the third record of 

 the occurrence of this bird in Tasmania, but it is the most 

 southerly one by a good denl, and it is to be greatly regretted 

 that the bird should have met with so untimely an end. 



— Strange Nesting Place of Pctroica pliocitivcu. (iould. — ■ 



Tn 1017 a pair of Swallows built a nest under the frcmt 

 verandah of the house of Mrs. Drake, of Lunawanna. South 

 Bruny Island, Tasmania. The next yeai*, 191S, by the time 

 the Swallows (had retuined fo i-esume nesting ojterations a ])air 

 of Flame-breasted Robins {Pctroica pJiocniccu, Gould) had 

 taken possession and refused to give way to the original 

 owners. 



