i 1(> McGILV—Notes by ihe late Dr. Anpove. 



Cinclosotiia custdnoiiotuni (Chestnut- backed Ground 

 Thi-uslij— September L'nd. 1907. Observed a good many paim 

 of this species in scrub about Rhine Villa, and obtained two 

 male specimens and found what we took to be a half-built 

 nest; it was a freshly duj; hole under a small bush, with a few 

 leaves as a commencement. They are numerous in thi.s part of 

 the scrub. 



C'mclosoinn punctatum (Spotted Ground Thrush j— This 

 bird is fairly numerous through the Mt. Lofty Hills District. 

 Have taken ej>gs at Teatree Gullv and Chain of I*onds. A set 

 taken 30/11/1907 at Teatree (Tul'ly measured 1.3 x .98, 1.3 x .92, 

 of a rich stone coloi-, both <'.Ui;s ]iavin<>- very marked zone at 

 lar^e end, the spots being on and around the zone; small 

 blotclK's. 



Cisticola exilis (Grass JS^'arbler) — Found the bird Urst at 

 Baker's Lagoon, near >\Iannum. and again in October, 1907, on 

 the swamp just above Mannum. [ also found the nest, which 

 was placed in some rushes about nine inches above giound. It 

 was partly built of spiders" webs and green leaves, domed, with 

 well-defined side entrance. We. unfoitunately, shot the bird 

 before finding the nest, and on looking at the nest again a fort- 

 night later it had been deserted. There seemed to be a good few 

 of these birds about. 



Xcophcuia p'tiopJiiJd { liiH-k Parrot )— 10/10/190!), Kellidie 

 Bay, Coffin's Bay, Eyre's F'eninsula. Found this bird fairly 

 numerous near the water, and it was nesting on Goat Island. 

 Goat Island is of limestone formation, with a surface of shallow 

 soil covered with grass and scrubby stuff. There is an abrupt 

 cliff about six or eight feet all round the island, and the face is 

 weather worn and bioken. The 'birds were nesting in the hol- 

 lows and, holes in the cliffs and also on the surface, dee]) under 

 the scrubby brushes, and in the crevices of some heaps of rock 

 in the centre of the island, which is about 100 yards in length 

 by 50 yards in breadth. The full clurch seemed to be four egg = ", 

 nests were found with from one to four eggs or young. The 

 eggs rested on bare ground, and were of the usual i)arrot sha{)e. 

 and white color, and measured .9 x .7H incluis in average. Most 

 of fh^i rests coritain-pd young. 



Tiichoqlo.'^sns iiora('-h()1J<nHli(ic (Blue ^lountain Parrot', — 

 Warunda Camp, Eyre's reninsula. 10/10/1900. This bird 

 was very numerous and was nesting freely in the s|)outs of the 

 sugar gums in the Forest Reserve, but were difficult to get at, 

 as they choose mostly end spouts of dead limbs, which wer-e too 

 rotten to take many risks with. The Purple-crowned Lorikeet 

 was also nesting in a small colony in sugar gums near the camp. 



