lO Campbell and Barnard, Birds of N. Queensland . [jnf'juiy 



The stone in question had evidently been brought from a short 

 distance, there being no stones in the immediate vicinity of the 

 nest.— H.G. B.] 



Ibis molucca. White Ibis. 

 Threskiornis molucca strictipennis. 



Frequently seen about tea-tree swamps, in small flocks, searching 

 for food in the shallow water. 



Carphibis spinicollis. Straw-necked Ibis. 



In the timber it is rather startling sometimes to come suddenly 

 upon a flock of Straw-necked Ibis prospecting a dry swamp-bed or 

 the shallow water of a lagoon. They simultaneously rise, with whirr 

 of wings and many grunts, and fly on to neighbouring trees, " craning " 

 the while awkwardly with long bills. 



A few of these birds were sometimes seen in company with White 

 Ibis. 



Platalea regia. Black-billed Spoonbill. 

 Spafherodia regia. 



Odd birds only seen : would probably be more numerous about 

 the TuUy River swamps. 



Xenorhynchus asiaticus. Black-necked Stork (Jabiru). 

 Xenorhynchus asiaticus australis. 



The Jabiru was seen about tea-tree swamps and on the reaches 

 of the Murray River. Two or three of these natural " aeroplanes " 

 were observed flying high over Cardwel) one fine day. 



Ardea sumatrana. Great-billed Heron. 

 Typhon sumatrana niathewscs . 



This large Heron was noted on several occasions in the mangroves 

 near Cardwell, also on the Murray River. The bird is commonly 

 known as the " Alligator- Bird," on account of the resemblance of 

 its call to that of an alligator.- 



For illustration of nest see Emu, vol. ix., pi. xiv. 



Mesophoyx plumifera. Plumed Egret. 

 Mesophoyx intermedia plumifera. 

 : Odd birds only noted about lagoons. 



Herodias syrmatophorus. Egret. 



Herodias alba syrmatophora. 



Seen in a mangrove creek near Cardwell, where a specimen- — a 

 plumeless bird — was obtained. 



Notophoyx novae-hollandiae. White-fronted Heron. 



Fairly common about tea-tree swamps and about the mangroves 

 near Cardwell. 



Demiegretta sacra. Reef-Heron. 



Demiegretta greyi. 



Odd birds seen at Oyster Point, near Cardwell, also on the reefs 

 of Goold Island. A specimen — a female — procured was snow-white, 

 save a few streaks of dark colour on the upper wing coverts. 



For an illustration of a Reef-Heron's nest photographed in a 

 Pandanus tree, see Emu, vol. x., pi. xxi. 



Nycticorax caledonicus. Nankeen Night-Heron. 



Nycticorax caledonicus austral a sice. ^ 



Seen in trees in swamps and along the Murray River, and their 



