> hlOR(L\S—Tkc llinU of the tioidfi-Eadern Part of S.A. 



covered with very thick scrub, making observation difficult, 

 and c()llettiri«i in some cases alinost impossible. The coun- 

 try behind the sandhills is flat, with numerous swamps and 

 lakes fringed with tea-tree: the greater number of these lakes 

 are salt, and not very well populated with water birds; but 

 the swamps near Kingston, which are fresh, swarm with 

 water fowl, and would repay a better examination than we 

 had time to give them. We were hampered throughout the 

 trip by bad weather, almost every day being wet or windy, 

 or both. The names in the detailed list are those of 

 jM;i<hrws's lOlo list, except that sub-specific names are not 

 ^iven unless I am reasonably certain of the diagnosis. In 

 some cases X have found this impossible even whou specimens 

 Lre availatde for comparison. For instance a specimen of 

 the Striped Diamond F.ird collected near Kingston was com- 

 pared with a large number of skins from widely separat'^d 

 localities, and was found to most nearly resemble a bird from 

 Mount Lyndhurst, in Central Australia, a locality many hun- 

 dreds of miles distant, and with totally different natural con- 

 ditions. Birds identified were: — 



1. EiKJi/ptiiJa minor iiiidina (Fairy Penguin) — Many speci- 

 uiens found dead on the beach at Beachport and Robe. 



2. Cofuriiia- perwralis (Stubble Quail) — Common in all 

 parts. Some birds were i)ut np in a cutting grass flat which 

 I took to be Swam]) (Jnails {Yp.<^ilop]ioruf!), but I did not 

 secure a specimen. 



3. Turnix varius (Scrub Quail) — Two pairs seen near 

 Kingston. 



4. CosmopeUa elef/ans affinis (Brush Bronze Wing) — Very 

 numerous at Glenelg River. Beachport, and Robe. 



5. Rallus pectoraJia (Slate-breasted Rail) — I did not see 

 this bird myself, but heard they were in numbers in a small 

 swamp near Robe, and on returning to town saw a specimen 

 'which had been caught in a rabbit trap in that locality and 

 sent to the museum. 



(I. Hypotacniflia pliiUppensis australis (Pectoral or Land 

 Rail)-pA male in breeding condition was brought to me at 

 Beachport. It had been caught in a rabbit trap, said to be 

 a common occurrence in the district. 



J. Porzana puminea (Spotted Crake) — I did not see this 

 bird, but found a nest with five heavily incubated eggs on 

 October 26th. The nest was built in a tussock of rushes 

 growing in the water, and was built entirely of dry rushes. 



8. Zupormu piisilla Palustris (Little Crake) — Seen in a 



