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rau aloug-side the motor cars, and kangaroos merely moved 



out of their way. Right up to Darwin the Crimson-winged 



l*arrots i I'scphotns pnlcherrinius) were plentiful. From 



Sturt I'lain to Daly Waters Finches were very thick. At 



Harrow's Creek he obtained the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila 



acuticauda), Painted Finch {Emhlema pieta). Grey-headed 



Honey-eater {Meliphaga kcartlandi ), Grass Wren [Amytornis 



fcxtilis), and Whitp-f routed Honey -eater {Ghjeipliila albi- 



frons) — its furthest north. The Banded Finch {Lonclmra 



hicheiwrii ], at Daly Waters. The Redthroat ( PijrrJwIaenius 



hn(niieus) and Horsfield's Bush Lark {Mirafra juvanica), in 



the MacD'onnell Ranges. The Rufous-breasted W^histler 



(Pacliyccphahi rufircntris) was found from Oodnadatta to 



beyond l)aly Waters;, the Narirow-billed Bronze Cuckoo 



{Chalcites basalis) near ])aly Waters, and also the Queensland 



border; the Little Wood Swallow {Artamus minor) from 



Oodnadntta to, Dan win. also the Yellow-throated Minah 



{Mjjzantlia flarignla}. The Harmonious Shrike Thrush 



{('olhiriciiwla JKinnoiird), and the Black Tree Creeper 



idimacfeiis melaiiota) were also observed; the Red-breasted 



Babbler { Pomatostomus ruheculus) from .Crown Point up to 



Darwin. The Ap-ostle Bird {StrutJiidca cinerea) were very 



common. The Pratincole (Stfiltia isfthclla) were in hundreds 



en the grass jjlains from Newcastle Waters to the Queensland 



border. Naked-eyed I'arti'idge Pigeons {(ieopJiapfi S)HitJn) 



were very thick in the high grass in the Territory. The Flock 



Pigeons (HisfriopJiapf^ histroiiica) wei-e found on the plain 



between Newcastle '\^^aters and the Queensland border, and 



came to drink at the water pools in the evening in flocks of 



,500 to fiOO. Bronzewing Pigeons were numerous in the ranges. 



The White-breasted Cuckoo Shrike (Graucnliift hi/poleueus) 



and the Oriole (Orialiis sagitfatns) were seen right through to 



Darwin and sitccimens of McGillivray's Parrot were 



obtained in Queensland. A .Mo])okp {\ino.p hoohook) 



was found on tlu» plains between Newcastle Waters 



and Anthony's Laffoon. f'crmorants — the four species^ — were 



in thousimds at Newcastle Waters, and Pelicans were also 



very numerous there. White Egrets (Egrctta alba) were 



plentiful there. Jnbirus ( Xcnorhniir-Jnis osiaticufi) were seen 



in the tropics. Rails were noticed in Darwin and numbers 



of quail were observed between each camo of the narty. He 



had great difficulty in keeping any specimens taken because 



of the destructive hordes of ants everywhere in the north. 



The Chairman, on behalf of the meuibers, thanked the 

 lecturer for the interesting evening. 



