106 WHITE — Bln/^ Recorded from the Narhj Vayn up to the 



their beautiful white plumage as tbey Hew from the swamp to 

 the gum trees to roost for the night. 



('(irpliihis spiiiicolii^ (Sliaw-ui'clvcd Ibisl. Scldmii misses 

 paying the district a visit during the winter months, especially 

 during a wet winter. These visits will end soon, for every time 

 they come their ranks are thinned by the vandal with the gun. 



Plcfjadift falclnelliis (Glossy This). — According to my 

 father they often appeared in the old days, and there is not the 

 slightest doubt that there was one with a tlock of C. spinicollis 

 in the district two years ago. 



SpdflK'rodid rrt/id ( IJlack-billcij! or Royail Sp(W)nl)ill). — An 

 odd bird or two often came with F. flavipes, but they have never 

 been seen in numbers in my time. 



Platihis flavipes (Yellow-billed Spoonbill). — A regular 

 visitor in fair numbers in days gone by, but it is many years 

 since they have been seen. 



Hcrodiax uJha si/rnidtoiiJiora (White Egret). — These birds 

 were never plentiful, but an odd bird here and th(»re could be 

 seen in wet winters up to quite recently. 



Notophoyx novacJiolhnidiae (White-fronted Heron). — 

 Always a common bird in the district, but of course much more 

 so in days gone by. They breed every year in the district. 

 Several pairs are nesting at the time of writing. 



Myola pacifica (White-necked Heron). — Once a regular 

 visitor in the winter, but not seen now for some time. 



Nycticora.r ealedunicus oustralasioe (Australian Night 

 Heron). — Roosted in great numbers in the giant gum trees over 

 my grandfather's home, the first in the district. There are 

 still 20 to 30 birds left, and which return after nesting season 

 to the pines at "Wetunga", going out to feed in the swamps at 

 night, and rotnrniiig to the pines to roost by day. They are 

 gradually getting less and less. 



Boidurus poiciloptilus (E^ast Australian Bittern). — Now 

 for cvci' iroTif'. when thoy onco conld be found in numbers. 

 their deep, weird, booming sound could be heard so frequently 

 echoing along the thick flag and reed swamps. 



Chenopsis ntrota (Eastern Black Swan). — Always winter 

 visitors, in the old days in numbers, but now in ones and twos. 

 At time of writing there are four birds in the swamps. 



Anwrdrid scmipdhiidta (IMed Guo.sim. — .My fiitln'i- i'<M'fnds 

 this bird for the district. 



