THE BIRDS OF THE CHINCHILLA DISTRICT. NZ 
Pe, SIRS) OR Tah \CHINCHIL DA 
DISTRICT.* 
BY 
KENDAL BROADBENT, 
ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTOR TO THE QUEENSLAND MuseEum. 
(Communicated by Henry Tryon, 7th August, 1885.) 
Tue district, the avifauna of which I have attempted to describe, 
is situated about 150 miles in a direct line to the W.N.W. of 
Brisbane, on the banks of the Condamine River; and though 
the area examined has been necessarily somewhat limited it 
may be considered typical of a large extent of territory lying 
immediately to the south and west of it. The Bunya Mountains 
and the Toowoomba Ranges with their continuation in the 
Little Liverpool Range, forming-a portion of the great Cor- 
dillera of Eastern Australia, present a formidable barrier between 
this and the coast districts, and an obstacle to the assimilation 
of their bird fauna; whilst the direct communication of this 
country, by means of the Condamine and Balonne, with the 
Darling and Murray river areas, and the absence of mountains 
to the S.S8.W. will on the other hand explain the occurrence of 
birds usually supposed to affect more southern parts, or the 
possibility of intercepting other birds in the course of their 
migrations to and fro between the north and south. 
This country of Chinchilla is very flat, with a few sandy 
ridges, and its otherwise uniform surface is only broken by the 
channels cut by the Condamine and the streams contributing to 
*It is due from me to confess my obligations to Mr. H. Tryon for 
having compiled this paper from notes which were made at his insti- 
gation.—K.B. 
