l8 Campbell and Barnard, Birds of N. Queensland. [^nd'juiy 



finding, was by the track side on the way to the Murray Falls. It 

 contained a pair of the usual elliptical-shaped eggs. 



[A Large-tailed Nightjar's nest was observed on 5th October with 

 eggs ; when examined again on the 26th it contained one young, about 

 two days old. — A. J. C] 



Collocalia francica. Grey-rumped Swittlet. 

 Collocalia francica tervceregince. 



Seen hawking in numbers over the tree-tops both on the mainland 

 and on Goold Island. There is no doubt that these fairy-like little 

 creatures nest on several of the islands off the coast, and probably 

 in recesses of the mainland mountains. 



[A description of a visit by me to one of these Swiftlet caves is 

 given in " Reminiscences " (Emu, vol. xv., p. 253^ I was under 

 the guidance of our member, Mr. E. J. Banfield, of Dunk Island. 

 He was good enough to send samples of the little ladle-shaped nests 

 to the Australian Museum, Sydney, which are excellently figured 

 in the " Special Catalogue, No. i " (" Nests and Eggs "), vol. iv., 

 p. 440.— A. J. C] 



Chaetura caudacuta. Spine-tailed Swift. 



A few of these far northern nesters w^cre observed hawking in the 

 air, generally when rain was pending. 



Cuculus pallidus. Pallid Cuckoo. 



Heteroscenes pallidus. 



Fairlv common about the INIurray River. 



Cacomantis variolosus. Square-tailed Cuckoo. 



Cacomantis pyrrophanus westwoodia. 



Generally seen about brush, and their shrill whistling call was 

 often heard. 



Chalcococcyx plagosus. Bronze-Cuckoo. 



Lamprococcyx plagosus plagosus. 



Faii^ly common about brush and scrubs. 



Chalcococcyx russatus. Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo. 

 Neochalcites miuuHllus russatus (vide Emu, vol: xvi., p. 34). 



This little lustrous Cuckoo was fairly common ; often seen about 

 water-courses. 



[There has always been difficulty in the identification of the 

 northern Little Bronze-Cuckoos, but the above identification is 

 probably correct, although C. russatus and C. minutillus may possibly 

 be sub-species one of the other. Cardwell skins of C. russatus com- 

 pared with skins of C. minutillus from the type locality (Northern 

 Territory) differ markedly. Besides being the larger bird, the former 

 has more and darker rufous on the tail, throat, &c. The bronze bars 

 on the breast are also much larger and darker than in C. minutillus. 

 Comparative dimensions in inches : — 



^ C. russatus. — Total length, 6f ; wing, 3f ;. tail, 2|. 

 $ C. minutillus. — Total length, 5I ; wing, 3+ ; tail, 2-^. 



In the Cardwell birds the male had a conspicuous red ring round the 

 eye, which in the female was pale yellow. In a Northern Territory 

 skin the collector has recorded the ring as greenish-white. — A. J. C] 



Eudynamys cyanocephala. Koel. 



Eudyiiauiys orioitulis flindersii. 



Common along the Murrav River and at Kirrama Station, on the 



