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('(ili/piorlti/iicltiis finicrciix irliiici — A lew birds iioicd on 

 Cvgnet River. 



Cacatoes galerita rosin ae — Two or three pairs noted. 



Plati/cercus elegans melanoptcruf^ — Common whei'O any 

 timber abounds. Found breeding in hollow branches. 



Cacojiinntis rubricatiis — Fair number about, found nest of 

 Blue Wren with Fantail Cnekoo egg, aslo parent Blue Wren.s 

 feeding fully fledged cuckoo. 



XeochaJritis hasilis inellori — Only occasionally seen. 2sest 

 of Blue Wren, with egg of this specie, found at Kingscote. 



Eirnndo neoxena — Common everywhere; found breeding 

 under bridges and in sheds. 



H>il<)ch('l\(U)U nigricans calfiji — Numerous. 



Petroeica multicolor hahnatiirina — Few of this species 

 v.ere noted, 



Pachgcephalo sub-species — Two birds taken, but both ap- 

 peared in immature plumage. Evidently P.p. halmaturina. 

 Clutch, 2 eggs, and male parent taken at Kingscote. 



Rhipidura fahillifera whitei—FiiirlY numerous: nest con- 

 taining two heavily incubated eggs taken Cygnet River. Nest, 

 a beaut if uly contructed "wineglass, with base of stem broken 

 off'' pattern, and placed in a fork of black titree. overhanging 

 the River. Found by following male as it hunted, and fed the 

 female on the nest. 



Leucocirca tricolor — Only a pair seen ; seems to be ^•e^y 

 rare on Kangaroo Island. Its place is taken by ? 



leisure inquieta — Which is very numerous. Noticed that 

 this specie made the ''grinding" noise only when poised in air. 

 hovering over some object, but not when on ground, or sitting 

 on posts — a very favourite position. Quite as tame as L. tri- 

 color around homesteads: visited. 



Coraciiia noraeholhindiar nichn'ops — A large number ob- 

 served in timbered country. 



Hiilocola couta uiafurina — A gi-eat many of these birds 

 were observed, but few nests with eggs found: a good number 

 of "Just flying'" young about. 



Cinclorlinmphus cruraJis c<nit(t1oris — Plentiful on the 

 open cleared hir.d and in cro])s. 



Kpthianura alhifrons — We noted a fair number of this 

 specie, and found a nest "just building.'" 



Acdnfhi'jd pusiJla :irt:i — Rathei- coninion : found breeding, 

 and nests in course of construction. 



Acaiithita liucata irhitci — Wjiei-evei- trees were I'ound. we 

 saw this active little species hunting through the leaves. 



