Bird Notes. 1S:J 



-i;he ground, when a smaller bird, either a Sparrow or a Greenie, 

 flew across the Falcon's track. That bird turned, got up full 

 speed instantly, and followed and captured the smaller bird 

 within 20 feet, and then soared down to the ground in the 

 ■opposite direction and landed amongst some low bushes. The 

 light was too bad to identify the kind of Hawk. 



August 23. — In the National Park, Belair, Regent Honey- 

 eaters and Swift Parrots were still there. New birds noted — 

 Wedge-tailed Eagle and Black-breasted Plover. I saw a Tree 

 Martin go to its nest in a hole in a stringybark gum. It was 

 evidently feeding its young. Just near to that a female Scarlet- 

 breasted Robin was building a nest in a fork of a limb in a 

 peppermint giim. The male bird was close handy, but was not 

 helping as far as I could see. About 50 yards away a male 

 Spinebill was gathering nesting material, and whilst I watched 

 him he twice pulled hair out of a small piece of rabbit skin. 



August 19. — At Blackwood for 2| hours. A few nests were 

 found. One White-bearded Honey-eater's nest contained two 

 joung ones, and in another nest there were two eggs. The nests 

 were built in hakeas not Ave feet above the ground. Census 

 taken gave 24 native species witl) 144 individuals, and two intro- 

 duced species with seven individuals. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Auk, Vol. 39, No. 1, January, 1922; No 2 April 1922; 

 No. 3, July, 1922. 



The Condor, Vol. 24, No. 3, May-June, 1922; No. 4, Julv- 

 August, 1922. 



The Ibis, 11th Series, Vol. 4, No. 1, January, 1922; No. 

 2, April, 1922; No. 3, July, 1922. 



Le Gerfaut, Nos. 3 and 4, 1921; No. 1,,1922. 



The South Australian Naturalist, Vol. 3, No. 4, August, 

 1922. 



Victorian Naturalist, Vol. 29, No. 3, July, 1922; No. 4, 

 August, 1922; No. 5, September, 1922. 



