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Jiird Nuteti. 



Oil .liiiniiwv iL'ili ;i small Hock of Hi-()\vii-lu>a(U'd Honey 



•fillers { MclitJirc/il IIS a h Ici/tilliis; iitdllco ^\•;^s noted at Lockleys. 



On -laiinaiy liUli and !>>ili a small Hock ol' IMii-jiU'-crowned 

 Loi-ikccfs I (1 l(iss(i/)sil Id j)ur/>h :ii()i-<pli(ihi i an-i\(Ml. and sinc<^ 

 tluMi lia\(' l)ecome faiily inimri oiis. 



On .Jannarv Uili I noii'd a Soiiilici-n I'ijiii or^ii-onnd Lark 



{Atllllll.S (I IISI 1(1 lis (I'lclflidcllsis ] . 



Tlie most iiiU'i-esl iniL;- note lliat I Innc IxH'ii able io record 

 for a loiiii, lime is thai of January I'JIIi. when I .'lushed a 'sN'hiTe- 

 tliroaled Xij;lil-jar { Hiiiostoixxl iis mifstacdlis) . li was in a 

 quiet s]»ol near Ihein^l sandhill, and was baskin^ in the warm 

 sunshine on llic uroiiiid. NNlr-n tlnsluMl ii setiled aiiaiii close 

 by on the sand, and I had a .ii(Hid look at ii before it. ajuain rose. 

 I5einii so iiuKdi iln' colour of 1 he sand it was diriicull Io see when 

 siitin<;' (dose. A\'hen Hushed the small birds were iireatly 

 perturbed and made a conslani noise until the Xiiihi-jar settled 

 down aiiaiu. T was extremely iiratitied at seeini>- the bird 

 about, as ii is \ears since I ha\'p s^hmi them on the Adelaide 

 I'lains. 



On .January 21s[ a (Joshawk i ( rospiza fasciatd) came 

 about the fowls" yard. 



On -iannary lI2nd a single sjtecinien (»f the l\iiiu' necked 

 Parrot [ lla nni fd'i iis ha riKin/i ) was obser\(Ml. 



On .January L'411i s<'veral .Musk Lorikeets { (llosf^opsil In 

 (■(iiK-liniii I were in the red-<:ums callin<i' loudly. Purjile- 

 O'owned Lorikeets were also about, and screechin<i as they liew 

 in small lots, or s(|n(>tikin|H' io ea(di other as they crawled and 

 elunii- to the lea\'es or bramdilets of ih:' ;;ums searchiiii:' foi- their 

 food. 



On •Iannary I'ilth a pair oT i\(isellas i Thit ijrrrcus criiiiiiis) 

 came about and w<M-e chased by the .Minahs { .]f//.:(iiil}i(i mchiito- 

 ccpJnild irhilei), so that they did not i>et nnndi peace. In s])ite 

 of this they are still about. The Minahs have bred late this 

 season, and there a quite a number of fully- Hedged younu' about 

 the "um-trees. 



— By Mr. .J. Put ton. Xetherby. — 



The following' birds with youno- were noticed on a visit to 

 the National I'ark. IJelair. durinm- tlie ])ast fortni.<>ht: — Grey 

 Shrike-Thrush (CoHiiriciiichi iKinnonicd ] . three l)irds, feedin?: 

 one younji' one ea(di ; Hoo(l(Hl-Kol)in d'clroicd h'lcolor) , two lots 

 of birds, feedinji' one younji" one each; Spotted-sided Finch 

 {i^fdfioiufplciini </utfdl(i) . (me male bird feeding two young 

 ones; IJlack-cliinned llcniey-ealer { Mclitlircpfiis (/iilfirii^) . two 

 birds feeding on<^ \oung (Hie: Oreeni1n(di. i /Jf/nriinis cJiloils). 



