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.M;ic,uilli\ i;i V ;isc<'il;iiiie(I, in romei-satioii witli Mr. AusLiii (Mime 

 (HI 1)111- rvnini tn .Mil]i;u-iiik;i, llial lie iiilemliMl lioiiii; llii-oiiiili lo 

 Inuaiuiiu'ka a1 an carlv dale \>y lliis Tilrha loiiU'. lie was 

 asked to keep an eye Un tliese liiids, w liich In- did. They were 

 lliislied ti-om rlie tree, tiie nesi was elinibed i(». and. i thin);, ihree 

 ejig.s found. They were all smashed in I he descent I 



After hineh on I his day, the two medicos sent I he cars on 

 ahead and walked llie creek for tlircje hours. A pair of \\'edj^e- 

 laikMl I"]a<i!es" e_t;iis were t'aken and a paii- of <"ir<\\ i-'alcons were 

 llnshed fi-om a tr<H' conlainin^ a likely nest. On (■iimhiii^ lo it 

 nothing' \N'as found. Some (Irey TeaJ were \\\v\ willi alon.i; the 

 creek and an Owlet 7\i<T;lit-jar was tiiished from a hollow contain- 

 ing' egiis. Bennett's Crows \-ery [dentifnl. iiesis everywhere 

 our in the niiilsia trees. On reaching the cars we learned that 

 .Mr. >Vinton had motored out 70 miles from Vandama and met 

 them witli a. sni>]>ly of j)etrol, of which we had run short owing 

 to the constant low-gear work on the shores of Callabonna. 

 This kind action, which is in keeping with the hospitality for 

 which jieople outback are so jnslly credited, made it possible for 

 ns lo cai-ry ont our intention of \isiting Fort (Irey in tin' nortli 

 w<'s't comer of the State, where we had heard there was still 

 about a foot of waler in IMnnaroo Lake. 



The following morning, after seeing the cars start on their 

 journey, we continued to work the creek on foot. Shortly after 

 I(^a\"ing cam}) we saw a pair of Black Falc()ns, one of whom 

 swooped at a Raven that came chortling along down llu' creek. 

 \Mien the jiowerfitl Falcon came at him suddenly it was <inite 

 ludicrous to lieai' his self-satisfied note change to a shriek of 

 terror as he dashed into a dense gum-tree to escape^ his pui-suer. 

 I was foi'tunate enough to locale the I'^alcon's jiest a liitle 

 further on. but on climbing to it found two young covered with 

 (h>wn of a very light-gr<\v colour with grey beak and legs. The 

 nest was an old Kite's oi- ^AMlisrl(M•'s. These Falcons are shy 

 and liy s'traight away ii-om the nest out of sight, and do uot 

 soar around in the air like the (Irey Falcmi and most other 

 species do. Soon after this we found another ])air of Grey 

 Falcons near a nest, and aftei- a dillicult climb were rewarded 

 with a nice set of four fresh eggs. Further on a nest of the 

 Tattle Eagle was found with tw^) (\ggs, and another ]iaii- of 

 Black Falcons was seen, hut no nest located. Some (Ji-ey 

 'i'eal with young and a solitary Bink eyed Duck were noted 

 on the creek. During the early afternoon, after having joined 

 the cars and had lunch, we passed Tilcha bore and reacluMl the 

 out-station for tea. On our way we noted another Grey 

 Falcon's nest, this time quite inaecessible. also another Little 

 Eagle's nest. I\it<'s. Whistling Eagles. Zehra Finches, Red- 



