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Zosterops tephropleura. Grey-brcaslcd Whitc-eyc. 

 Zost crops lateralis tephropleura. 



Whether the Rockingham Bay bird be a sub-species of lateralis 

 {i.e., dorsalis), as Mathews contends, or nol, it is the same kind ol 

 Zosterops that was obtained on the Capricorn Group by the Union's 

 expechtion, 1909, and provisionally named Z. chlorocephalus {vide 

 Emu, vol. X., p. 196). 



These little birds were fairly plentiful in the coastal country, and 

 their chirping songs were always heard at dawn, provided noises 

 caused by wind, &c , did not drown tJK- birds' voices. 



Dicseum hirundinaceum. ]Mistletoe-B:rd. 



Ausirodiccruui hirundinaceum hirundinaceum. 



The cheery chirps of the Dicccum often betrayed its presence. One 

 of its purse-like nests was found a few feet from the ground suspended 

 in a small sapling or sucker of a Moreton Bay ash reucalypt"). 



Pardalotus (punctatus) millitaris. Northern Spotted Pardalote. 



Pardalotus f'uiwtatus millitaris. 



We were greatly surprised to hear the dulcet notes of this pretty 

 l^ardalote in the tall timber (eucalypts ) about our camp on the 

 Kirrama Table-land. Ramsay regarded it as rare here. Not far 

 from our tent a pair of birds had enlarged a hole in a hollow part of 

 a green gum-tree bole, and therein had made a nest. The nest was 

 completely coinposed of fine dry grass, and measured in circumference 

 12 inches ; the side entrance was 1^ inches across. There was a full 

 set of four eggs. Date, 28/10/16. The birds answer to ^Mathews's 

 sub-species millitaris, from the Cairns district. 



Pardalotus melanocephalus. Black-headed Pardalote, 



Pardalotus melanocephalus barroni. 



These familiar birds were cCerywhere. In the sides of water- 

 courses (dry or otherwise in some localities their burrows were 

 almost every few yards, but did not always contain eggs. Some of 

 the burrows had the appearance of having been rifled by reptiles. 

 Further south, at ^Nlackay, these Pardalotes were nesting during July. 



Cyrtostomus frenatus. Sun-Bird. 



Cyrtostomus jyenatus australis. 



The gaily-dressed (male, rich lemon chrome under parts and 

 metallic navy blue throat) Sun-Birds, of Humming-Bird appearance, 

 are indeed tangible evidence of the tropics. They were noticed only 

 in the coastal region, sipping nectar from various flowers. They were 

 often observed about dwellings, fossicking the flowers of pa-paw, 

 citrus, and other trees of gardens ; and they love sometimes to build 

 their nests in verandahs or near houses. 



One nest observed in the bush was prettily situated underneath 

 a bunch of ferns, and suspended to a dead frond. 



When the little bird flits from flower to flower it utters a Tit-like 

 " Chip " or " Chip, chip." The song is Malurus-\\^e — a pretty, 

 rattling warble. 



Melithreptus lunulatus. White-naped Honey-eater. 

 Melithreptus lunaius lunatus. 



It was refreshing to meet this well-known Honey-eater so far north. 

 We first met it about our camp in the forest of the Kirrama Table-land. 

 As expected, the bird is slightly smaller than southern birds of the 

 same kind. Its well-known lisping notes are exactly similar. 



