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The boobook owl 1 only heard once. 



A few little mobs of musk parra- 

 keels (Trii/tox'/i'Si/s loiiciiiniis) ap- 

 peared once or twice, and once I 

 thoDKht I saw some grass parrakeets, 

 but I could not be sure. The Hrskine 

 spreads near its mouth into a long la- 

 goon which ought to be a great resort 

 for water birds, but I suppose there 

 are too many people about. The only 

 birds I saw there were one blue crane 

 and one little black cormorant. I was 

 told that black swan and duck were to 

 be seen there now and then, and a 

 bird which, from the description, must 

 have been the bald coot {Porplivrio 

 ntelanotus). On the beach near the 

 mouth I saw the remains of a small 

 petrel, and I saw what I think was 

 the same bird swimming near the jetty 

 on one occasion; it was very quiet, 

 swimming past the lines of the anglers 

 and taking a ([uiet peck at each line as 

 it passed; which of the petrels it was 

 I do not know, but it was about the 

 size of a dab chick. 



While I was sitting near the tent 

 one evening a mob of young gang 

 gang cockatoos settL d in a tree near 

 by. A young male which I shot had 

 its stomach and crop crammed with 

 white wood grubs. I was told that 

 thousands of these birds were to be 

 seen in the ranges. 



While on the road back to Dean's 

 Marsh I observed two men in a shed 

 at the roadside, who were busily oc- 

 cupied t/tic.diiii,/ witit flails. 



It has seemed to me that it would 

 be a grand idea to introduce the lyre 

 bird to the Otway Forest. If a few 

 were released in the dense scrub on 

 some of the creeks, such as the El- 

 liott, they would find abundant shelter 

 and food, and a home very similar to 

 their haunts in Gippeland, and the 

 country at the back being but thinly 

 settled, the birds would bs pretty free 

 from molestation. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



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Birds of Alaska. 



The following from Outing- for June 

 describes some of the birds which 

 breed so plentifully in the land of the 

 Klondike: 



"No sooner hatl the twilight settled 

 over the island than new bird voices 

 called from the hills above us. The 

 birds of the day were at rest, and their 

 place was filled with the night deni- 

 zens of the island. They came from 

 the dark recesses of the forests, first 

 single stragglers, increased by midnight 

 to a stream of eager birds, passing to 

 and from the sea. Many, attracted 

 by the glow of the burning logs alter- 

 ed their course and circled about the 

 fire a few times and then sped on. 

 I'rom their notes we identified the 

 principal night prowlers as the Cassin's 

 auklet, rhinoceros auk, murrelet and 

 varieties of petrel. 



"All through the night our slumbers 

 were frequently disturbed by birds 

 alighting on the sides of the tent, slip- 



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