72 Stray Feathers. ^ [Tsf"oct. 



hollandicB) calling at night. Fire-tail Finches very numerous ; 

 also Quail, especially small Chestnut-throated ones {Turnix 

 pyrrhothorax) ; large grey Stubble {Coturnix pectoralis), and 

 Brown (Syncecus aiistralis) scarcer. Eggs and young of small 

 sort frequently seen. 



25th August. — Blue Mountain Parrot {Trichoglossiis novce- 

 hollaiidice) is nesting. 



26th August. — Young Yellow Robins {Eopsaltria magnirostris) 

 fully fledged ; Fork-tail Jays (Drongo-Shrike) just hatched ; 

 Sulphur-crested Cockatoos nesting. 



28th August. — Caught young Squatter-Pigeon (Gcophaps 

 scripta). Saw Sparrow (^Accipiter cirrhocephalus) and Brown 

 Hawks {Hicracidea orientalis) nesting. 



29th August. — Caught young Pale-headed Parrakeet {Platy- 

 cercus pallidiceps). Saw young Betcherrygahs. 



^Oth August. — Tits (Yellow-rumped) {Acanthiza chrysorrhoci) 

 left nest at camp. 



1st September. — Black-faced Graucalus {G. niclanops) with 

 young in nest. 



4th to 20th September. — Shepherd's Companion {Rhipidura 

 tricolor) with nest about 6 feet from cook's fire, not a bit afraid 

 and not minding smoke. Male and female relieved one another 

 on nest at intervals. Cook reported that about 1 1 o'clock on 

 1 2th they made a great commotion, and, surmising that an 

 egg had hatched, he looked and found it was so. Magpie {Gym- 

 norhina tihiccn) with nest chased us morning and evening for 

 about a quarter mile, snapping its bill within a few feet of our 

 heads. 



Clermont. — i6th October. — Wood-Swallows {Artaiiius Icuco- 

 gastcr) with nest in back yard in Clermont. 



1 8th October. — Channelbill (Scyfhrops novce-hollandice) heard 

 at night. 



14th October. — Numbers of Bee-eaters {M crops oriiatus) (about 

 50) roosting in young Moreton Bay ash, disturbed by storm at 

 sunset, flew to more rigid perch in a fig-tree. 



Retro. — ist November. — Solitary Spine-tailed Swift over Retro, 

 2 p.m., flying south-east. No others seen. 



4th November. — Four red-spotted eggs of small yellow- 

 breasted, white-throated bird found in beautiful hanging nest.* 



6th November. — Four eggs of Black-faced Graucalus {Grau- 

 calus melanops) — three fresh, one partially incubated. 



9th November. — Red-capped Robin (Pctrceca goodcnovi) in 

 garden. Bower-Birds (Spotted) {Chlaniydera maculaia) taking 

 young mandarin oranges to bower ; boundary rider reported 

 finding bower strewn with these and the usual snail shells. 



20th December. — Shot two Spotted Bower-Birds devouring 

 the grapes. 



27th December. — Peewees (Grallina) with young in the nest 

 referred to in July. 



* ? White-throated Fly-eater {Gerygone albigularis). — 'E\j<„ 



