KM'} Jiird Note-" for July. 



•Inly lO.^Scarlet breasted Robin (Pctroica iiiulticolor 

 jronUilis) in tbe siarden ; Black-chinned Honey-eaters, very 

 noisy, mobbing together in the air. calling loudly, and descend- 

 ing to the ground in a mass; Spiny-cheeked Honey-eaters cal- 

 ling; Fantail Cuckoo calling. 



.iuly 17. — Spiny-cheeked Honey -eater calling; also Black- 

 chinned Honey-eater. Many Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrikes (Cora- 

 cina norarhollaiifliar incJanops) about. HarmoniousShrike- 

 Thrush {Colliiriorinrla harmotiira \ calling loudly. Bronze 

 C'uckoo {Ltnnprocorcy.r phif/o.<iiis) calling. Spotted-sided Finch 

 iKta<louo])lnira f/nttato i giving forth their mournful call. Sil- 

 ver eyes {Zoxtcrops hitcrdlis ira^tcriicnsifo searching the fruit 

 trees for insects. Swans flying over, going South, during the 

 afternoon; one or two .seen in the swamps during the week. 



July 28 — Spiny-cheeked Honey-eaters disa]>peared. Greater 

 numbers than usual of the Night Heron iXi/cticoni.r caledorii- 

 cvfi) which liave been roosting in the j>ine trees during the day 

 time this year u]) to this month, when many have left for their 

 breeding rookeries, but some of last year's birds still remain. 



Pi'ofessor .1. liurton Cleland. re]»orted that he had 

 examine<l the stomach of a New Holland Honey-eater 

 I Meliornix rioraeholhittfliiic) which had been picked up under 

 an almond tree in blossom; a fungus growth was found in the 

 wall of the stomach, which caused the bird's death, and that 

 this growth could easily have been caused by these birds taking 

 the germs from the flowers. The Professor heard the Boobook 

 Owl calling on the night of the 25th. 



Mr. Zietz (Ornithologist to the S.A. Museum ) reported that 

 the nest and two eggs of the large Wattle-bird had been sent in. 

 The Caspian Tern { Hi/flroproffiie tdschef/raia strenua) had 

 again been seen on the Torrens (Dr. Morgan having reported 

 it for the same locality a month earlier). The good work done 

 by the Shrike-Tit (Folriinculus frontntits) by the destruction 

 of tree galls; some galls were exhibited from a shea-oak tree, 

 each gall being torn open by the means of this bird's powerful 

 bill in search of the grub which forms the gall. 



^Messrs. E. and K. Ashby reported the first Bronze Cuckoo 

 at Blackwood on the IGth, and on 13th July, twelve Swift Lori- 

 keets were observed flying low. A Boobook owl, which had 

 been under .ob.servation for some time, was found shot on 25th 

 July, and the occurrence was reported to the police. Twelve 

 l)ellets from this bird were collected. 



