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1 Cx^ivBELi., Birds of Rockingham Bay District. 107 



Various. — To our former list may be added the following, 

 which were observed during my previous trip (1914), namely : — 

 Mgialitis nigrifrons (Black-fronted Dottrel), Mgialitis ruficapilla 

 (Red-capped Dottrel), Charadrius fulvus (Lesser Golden Plover), 

 Hcematoptis fuliginosus (Black Oyster-catcher), seen at Dunk 

 Island; Lohivanellus personatus (Masked Plover), Anthits anstralis 

 (Australian Pipit), seen on Bellenden Plains. 



Regarding the previous remarks on the Ashy-fronted Robin 

 {Heteromyias cinercifrons), although we found nests with single 

 eggs only, the photograph in my book, " Nests and Eggs," by Mr. 

 D. Le Souef, shows that a pair of eggs is sometimes laid by this 

 Robin. Also, referring to the Striped Honey-eater {Plectorhyncha 

 lanceolata), we stated these birds were observed on Gould Island 

 only. Some were noted on the Kirrama table-land too. 



To conclude. It is a far cry from Kirrama, North Queensland, 

 to South Yarra, Melbourne. During October I heard the merry 

 voices of Reed-Warblers {Acrocephalns anstralis) on the Kirrama 

 Creek. The next occasion I heard them was two months later, 

 in the private gardens surrounding my lodgings in the populous 

 suburb of South Yarra. There is much yet to be learned of the 

 migration movements of these agreeably interesting birds. 



New and Rare Victorian Birds from Mallacoota. 



By Jas. a. Kershaw, F.E.S., RA.O.U., National Museum, 



Melbourne. 



In January last Mr. C. Daley presented to the National Museum 

 two birds sent from Mallacoota, in the far east of Victoria, by Miss 

 E. Dorran, R.A.O.U. These proved to be specimens of the Top- 

 knot Pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus, and the Koel or Flinders 

 Cuckoo, Eudynamis cyanocephala. The former, although a very 

 rare visitor, has already been recorded from Victoria, and one or 

 two are known to have wandered as far south as Tasmania. As 

 early as 1879 a head of this fine Pigeon was forwarded, with other 

 birds, to the Museum from the Gippsland. Lakes by the late C. T. 

 Stafford, Esq., who wrote : — '' The head of this Pigeon is one of 

 six birds that were brought to me as shot in the vicinity of the 

 lakes, a considerable flight of them having come over the sea, but 

 too far gone in moult to be of any service as specimens. . . The 

 flesh is very inferior to the Wonga or Bronze-wing for the table." 

 The occurrence of the Koel or Flinders Cuckoo so far south is of 

 particular interest, as it does not appear to have been previously 

 recorded south of Sydney. The specimen, which was the only one 

 seen, is a female. 



Additional interest is attached to the above by the still more 

 recent discovery in the same locality of the Red-crowned Fruit - 

 Pigeon, Ptilinopiis swainsoni. The specimen, a young male, was 

 obtained by Miss E. Dorran on the 21st August last, and forwarded 



