ne\er found an ef,'g or saw a tledi^'lint,', nor did 1 e\er hear of any. They arri\'e in and about 

 Adelaide towards tiie end of July, a few stray ones somewhat earlier. The .£;reat majority 

 do not lay here, but pass on to the Eastern States ; a few, however, do stop, for 1 have 

 seen one eg^' taken here, and have seen two tledKlings. Each of them had been fed by a pair 

 oi Ptilotis pcniiillata \ in one case a pair of Sparrows was also assisting. Between i.SS(j and 

 1885 I took numl)ers of the eggs of this bird between Geelong and Oueenscliffe. The only lour 

 birds I have found acting as foster parents are, Ptilotis pi-nnilldln, /l/vzanthii i^anila, Antlwilhrya 

 laniihiildld and Milii>rms ihiiur-liclltiiiJur." 



Mr. A. 1-". 11. Hull, of Freshwater near Manly, New South Wales, sends me the following 

 notes relative to nests in which the eggs of this species have been found by himself, or in his 

 presence: — "A nest of Artaiiiiis snrJiihis in the iJomain, Hobart, on the 2jrd November, 1S90, 

 was placed where a brolcen branch, projecting from a Eiualyptus i^lobiilm, and pieces of 

 bark formed a support, about six feet from the ground, contained two eggs of .1. soi-dnins and 

 one of the Pallid Cuckoo, all fresh. Another was in a nest of Glvcipliilii fiih'ifroiis, containing 

 one egg of tiiat species, and one egg of the Pallid Cuckoo, slightly incubated. A third egg 

 was found in a nest of Ptilotis chrysops, at Freshwater, near Manly, 28th December, HJ05, 

 containing one egg of that species and one of the Pallid Cuckoo. The nest was in a tea tree. 



" During the UfOj season a Ptilntn liirviops built. i>n the 2Sth September, in a Monotoia clliptica, 

 close to my cottage at Freshwater. She hatched two young ones on the 27th (Jctober, which 

 were taken by a cat or other marauder. She then 1 ommenced to build on the gth November, 

 in the top of a Casuanim in front of the house. iJn the 23rd November the nest contained one 

 egg of C. pallidiii. The Honey-eater tlien deserted the nest without laying, and built again in a 

 tea tree on the next allotment. ( )n the ist December this nest contained one egg of Ptilotis 

 chn'iops and an egg of C. pallidum but daring the week some stranger robbed the nest. 



From Melbourne Mr. G. .\. Keartland writes me as follows : —With the approach of spring 

 the Pallid Cuckoo makes its appearance in \'ictoria. Those arriving first utilise insectivorous 

 birds as foster parents for their young, whilst later comers dep(jsit their eggs in the nests of 

 Honey-eaters. I have found them in the nests of the following birds : — Oriole, Mud Lark, 

 Wattle ];'>ird. Scarlet-breasted Robin, Wliite-plumed, Yellow-tufted and Yellow-faced Honey- 

 eaters. In North-western Australia I saw them as early as June, and in August took an egg of 

 this species from the nest of Orcoia criitata. Whilst returning to my home in Carlton in the 

 morning, I have frequently heard the notes of the Pallid Cuckoo as early as 3 a.m. and as late 

 as 9 p.m. Whatever else they consume they are \ery fond of catei pillars." 



Mr. E. 11. Pane, of Orange, New South Wales, informs me that he has taken a Pallid 

 Cuckoo egg with sets of each of the following species : — Ptilotis fitsia, P. niinioiiiis, P. pcnuillaia, 

 and also has them in his collection taken with P. Ichdnii and Myzantha j/avii^iita. 



Mr. H. L. White, of iJelltrees, Scone, writes me that he has the egg of the I-'allid Cuckoo, 

 taken in the nest of Mvzantha ohsciiya. 



Dr. W. Maci;illivray sends me the following note from Broken Hill, South-western New 

 South Wales: — " Pallid Cuckoos are never numerous in this dry country, owing to the scarcity 

 of their natural food during many seasons. Occasionally a season comes along when caterpillars 

 are numerous ; such an one was the Spring of 1905, when I saw more of these birds than any 

 year before or since. They arrived in fune 1901, a good and early season, none during the next 

 two years, then they appeared in August and September of 1904, and July and August in 1905. 

 Last year I did not see or hear any, and none so far this year. In the Cloncurry jDistrict, 

 Northern Queensland, this species was there during the greater part of the year. A few Pallid 

 Cuckoos remain here the whole year, but are most plentiful \n the spring. Their eggs have 

 been noted here in the following nests: — Fuscous Honey-eater, Friar Bird, Dusky Wood 



