90 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXIV. 



It must not be understood that all the birds given in the 

 following list are of everyday occurrence, for such is not the case. 

 For instance, this year the Cockatoo-Parrakeet appeared in flocks 

 for the first time. Amongst the autumn visitors every year is tlie 

 pretty little bird known both as tlie Mistletoe-bird and the Swallow 

 Dicasum, which arrives at that time of the year to feed on the 

 Mistletoe berries, and in so doing and dropping the hard seeds on 

 the branches of the trees is responsible for the spread of the 

 Mistletoe, Loranthus pendidus, Sieb., which is fairly common 

 among the saplings. The bird, however, does not breed 

 here, and generally takes its departure about the month of 

 August. 



Among the birds which used generally to build in the locality 

 every year were the Tawny-shouldered Podargus, Boobook Owl, 

 Sacred Kingfisher, Brown Kingfisher or Laughing Jackass, Owlet 

 Nightjar, Magpie-Lark, White-backed Magi)ie, Black and White 

 Fantail, Restless Flycatcher, Silver-eye, Grey Shrike-Thrush, 

 Rufous-breasted Thickhead, White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallow, 

 Red Wattle-bird, Lunulated Honey-eater, Warty-faced Honey- 

 eater, and White-plumed Honey-eater. The nest of the last- 

 named bird was in great request by the Pallid Cuckoo for the 

 depositing of its eggs, and on several occasions when a boy I 

 have shot this cuckoo with a shanghai (catapult) when sitting 

 on the honey-eater's nest, and have afterwards found the egg on 

 dissection. 



Regarding cuckoos I find the following notes in my diary : — 

 "June 12/05. — Saw Fan-tailed Cuckoo." "July 7/05. — Saw 

 Bronze Cuckoo." " Aug. 19/05. — Saw Pallid Cuckoo." This 

 year, when at Beaconsfield, I heard the call of a Pallid Cuckoo on 

 2ist July — a very early appearance. 



At different times I have seen such birds here as the San- 

 guineous Honey-eater, Banksian Black Cockatoo, and Lesser 

 White Goshawk, and among my stuffed specimens are examples 

 of the Sanguineous Honey-eater and Silver Goshawk, both shot 

 in this neighbourhood. 



The following is a complete list of the birds (sixty-four species) 

 observed here by me during the first six months of tliis year 

 (1907):— 



Haliastur sphenuius, Vig. 



Falco lunulatus, Lath. 



Ceichneis cenchroides, Vig. and Hors. 



Astur approximans, Vig. and Hors. 



Ninox boobook, Lath. 



Corvus coronoides, Vig. and Hors. 



Oriolus viridis, Lath. 



CoUyricjcincla harmonica, Latli. 



Grallina picata» Lath. 



Graucalus melanops, Latli. 



Whistling Eagle 



Little Falcon 



Kestrel 



Goshawk 



Boobook Owl 



Crow ... 



Oriole .. 



Grey Shrike-Thrush 



Magpie- Lark 



Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike 



