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I)iirin<i' llie niontli Koveral Htiiped Diamond Birds iParda- 

 lotux f^triatiis siiJxifpiiis) were seen on vai-ions occasions. In 

 the middle of Sejitember a pair of AMiite-fi-onted Herons 

 {Notophoy.T novachollandiae) bronght np a brood of three 

 Toung ones in the nest in a red giira, and at times the young 

 came quite close to the house, uttering- their hoarse, discordant 

 notes. 



The pair of Wli ire-plumed Honeyeaters (Ptilotis penicil- 

 7fl/f/'ir7//fp/ K whicli last year built on the stems of the leaves 

 of a heaven tree, have again built their nest in the same spot, 

 but the heaven trees (Ailanthiis gland ulosus) being deciduous 

 and not having leaves at present, the birds have betaken them- 

 selves to a geranium plant just below the tree, the nest being 

 now ready for laying in. 



OCTOBER. lf)21. 

 —By J. W. Mellor.— 



Numbers of young birds of various species have been about 

 Lockleys during the month. Several young Screech Owls came 

 every evening for a week to an old one on a lemon-scented pine. 

 They would fly round and then jierch in the opening of an old, 

 hollow limb, calling for food. On the 11th I picked up one 

 young owl dead, fully fledged and peculiarly covered with 

 whitish down attached to the end of the fully formed feathers, 

 especially on the back; this bird I presented to the Museum. 



On Octnlier 4th and 12th several Red-rumped Grass Par- 

 rots (PscpJiotus hdrmdfoiiotiis) were noted calling in their 

 ])leasing little way to each other. 



On October 4th Woodswallows (Pseudartainii!^ cyanoptc- 

 riis) were seen nesting in the small gumtrees, and a few days 

 after they were feeding large young out of the nest. 



NOVEMBER, 1921. 

 —By J. W. Mellor.— 



Quite a number of birds have brought out their young dur- 

 ing the uHmth. Showery conditions, preceded and followed 

 by short spells of heat, were beneficial to various grasses and 

 plants supplying food for the grain-eaters, whilst swarms of 

 insects sui>plied food to, and were kept in check by, the insecti- 

 vorous birds. 



On Novem'ber 1st I noted the White-plumed Honey-eater 

 (Ptilotis penicillata ivhitei) pulling its nest in a geranium bush 

 to pieces and carrying the material to the topmost branches of 

 a More ton Bav fig tree near by. 



