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lowing- have been noted during the month: — Adelaide Roselias, 

 Red-backed Parrots. Musk and Puri)leH'rowned Lorikeets, Yel- 

 low-breasted Shrike Tits, Klack-chinned and White-naped 

 Honey-eateris, AVattle Birds, I'eaeeful Dove, Spotted Pardalotes, 

 Magpie Larks, Brown Tree-creeper, White-shafted Fan tail. 

 Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike, White Eyes, and Yellow- tailed Tit- 

 warblers. 



Kinchina. — During the month I visited Ivinchina, a rail- 

 way station beyond ^lonarto South on tlie Mui'ray I^ridge line, 

 and in the mallee scrub I observed the following ii* species of 

 native birds — Australian Brown Flycatcher, Grey Shrike 

 Thrush, Wattle Birds, Honey-eatens — Singing, Spiny-cheeked, 

 Y^ellow-plumed, Brown-headed, White-eared, and Wattle- 

 cheeked; Robins — Redcapped, Scarlet-breasted, Hooded and 

 S'Cni/b; Magpies, AVhite-browed Babblers, Welcome Swallows, 

 White-shafted Fantails, Willie Wagtails, Restless Flycatchers, 

 Adelaide Roselias, Red-backed Parrots, Lorikeets, Peaceful 

 Doves, Bronzewing Pigeons, Spotted-sided Finches; Cuckoos — 

 Fantailed and Pallid; Spotted Pardalotes, Whistling Eagle, 

 Brown Hawk, Kestrels, Laughing Jacks; Whistlers — Golden 

 and Rufous Breasted; Sordid Wood Swallows, Butcher Birds, 

 Bell Birds. Tit-warblers — Yellow-tailed and Chestnut-rumped; 

 Whitefaces, and Black-breasted Plovers, Crows. 



The area walked over may be described as a mile square, 

 and on each trip I took a census of the birds observed. 



First tri]) — 20 .species of native birds, rU8 members: one 

 introduced species, 70 members. 



Second trip — 33 species of native birds, 300 members ; one 

 introduced species, 106 members. 



Third trip — 34 species r-f native birds, 333 members; two 

 introduced species, 28 members. The two species were Gold- 

 finches and Sparrows — the latter in the greater number. 



By J. W. Mel lor. 



The month has been cold and showery, and the birds have 

 been hard pressed to find sufficient food, consequently they have 

 become veiry tame, coming close to the house in search of some- 

 thing to eat. Laughing Jacks fly right up to where one is dig- 

 ging, in order to secure a worm, and then fly to a convenient 

 post to eat it. Early in the month scores of Murray Magpies 

 (GraWiia rj/dnolnira ) were to be seen at Lockleys in the open 

 fields, and the birds which usually nest each year above the 

 house were also present. 



Several Cuckoos have been about, notably the Fantailed 

 Cuckoo {Caco)iianfis nihricatns), which sleeps all the winter 



