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AN ORNITHOLOGICAL TRIP TO THE NHILL DISTRICT. 



By F. Erasmus Wilson. 



(Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, gth Sept., 191 8.) 



{Continued from page 100.) 



Following is a detailed list of the birds observed during the 

 trip. A longer sojourn in the district would probably have 

 enabled me to add several more species, particularly amongst 

 the aquatic birds: — 



Emu (Dromaius novce-hollandice). 



Mallee-Fowl (Leipoa ocellata). 



Ground-Dove (Geopelia tranquilla). 



Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera). 



Black-throated Grebe {Podiceps gularis). 



Spur-winged Plover (Lobivanellus lobatus). 



Black-breasted Plover {Zonifer pectoralis). 



Straw-necked Ibis {Carphibis spinicollis). 



White-fronted Heron (Notophoyx novce-hollandia). 



Maned Goose (Chlamydochen jubata). 



Mountain-Duck {Casarca tadomoides). 



Little Pied Cormorant {Phalacrocorax melanoleucus). 



Whistling-Eagle (Haliastur sphenurus). 



Brown Hawk (Hieracidea berigora). 



Kestrel (Ccrchneis cenchroides). 



Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook). 



Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna). 



Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala). 



Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus). 



Rosella (Platycercus eximius). 



Ring-necked Parrot {Bamardius barnardi). 



Yellow-vented Parrot (Psephotns xanthorrhons). 



Red-backed Parrot (Psephotus hcematonotus). 



Swift Parrot (Lathamas discolor). 



Owlet Nightjar (/Egotheles novce-hollandicB). 



Great Brown Kingfisher (Dacelo gigas). 



Sacred Kingfisher (Halcyon sanctus). 



Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus guttatus). 



Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidas). 



Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcococcyx basal is). 



Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcococcyx plagosus). 



Welcome Swallow (Hirnndo neoxena). 



Tree-Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans). 



Brown Flycatcher (Microsca fascinans) (M. f. howci). 



Scarlet-breasted Robin (Petroica leggii). 



Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii). 



Short-billed Tree-Tit (Smicromis brevirostris). 



Crested Bell-bird (Oreoica cristata). 



Southern Whistler (Pachycephala meridionalis). 



Gibert Whistler (Pachycephala gilberti). 



White-shafted Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa). 



Black-and-White Fantail (Rhipidura motacilloides). 



Restless Flycatcher (Seisttra inquieta). 



Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike (Graucalus melanops). 



White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater (Campephaga humeralis). 



