78 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Platalea regia. — This is the commoner Spoonbill, being 

 found on most waterholes. It nests during the summer rains. 



Xenorhynchus asiatica. — The Black-necked Stork, or 

 Jabiru, is only occasionally seen inland, but is more common 

 on the lagoons near the Gulf. My brother found a nest and two 

 eggs towards the end of April, 1877, on Spear Creek, near Iffley 

 station. The nest was a large one, composed of sticks and 

 twigs, in a tall eucalypt. The eggs he left at Ififley till his return 

 from Cooktown. Unfortunately they were destroyed. 



Ardea nov^-hollandi/E and A. pacifica. — Both these Herons 

 are quite common, as is also the Nankeen Heron and two 

 Egrets. 



Dendrocycna eytoni and D. vagans. — Eyton's Duck is 

 very common, occurring in la^e flocks. I have myself seen a 

 blackfellovv kill 25 by discharging both barrels of his gun into a 

 mob as they sat with outstretched necks uttering their loud, 

 whistling note. These birds nest three or four miles out on the 

 downs, m the grass, a usual clutch being 10 or 11. The nest 

 contains no down, being made of grass. The other species is 

 only rarely seen. 



Teal, the Black, the Pink-eared, and the White-eyed are the 

 other ducks of the district. 



The Emu, Dromceus novce-hoUandioi, is becoming more plentiful 

 now that the dingoes are being kept down by sheep-breeders. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF 

 PSEUDOGERYGONE. 



By Robert Hall. 



{Read he/ore the Field Naturalists'' Cluh of Victoria, I2th Auyust, 1901.) 



I recently received two skins of a Pseudogerygone from Mr. J. 

 P. Rogers, obtained at the Fitzroy River, North-West Australia, 

 which differ sufficiently from other members of the genus to 

 warrant me in assigning them to a new species. 



The skins are those of male and female birds, the former fully 

 adult, the latter not quite adult, and were obtained in June, 1900, 

 and March, 1901, respectively. There is however little difference 

 in the plumage of the sexes. The most noticeable features are 

 that there are no white or tawny tips and no subterminal band to 

 the tail ; the outer edges of all but the first and second primaries 

 are edged with dull white, while in the male the bill is thoroughly 

 black. The female shows new central tail quills, two-thirds of the 

 normal length, of the same uniform ashy-brown as the others, and 

 bearing no subterminal or whitish spot, showing the constancy of 

 the two ages of tail. 



