^°'j^J^'-] Macgillivray, Ornitliologists in North Queensland. i8q 



two young birds about a week old ; their eyes were open, and they had 

 dark grey down on femoral, humeral, and dorsal tracts. 



The large deciduous trees mostly chosen for nesting purposes by 

 these birds lose their leaves in the dry season — that is, the winter 

 and spring — and regain them after flowering at the commencement 

 of the wet seson. It is when they are bare that the birds start to 

 nest in them. The cry of the Eclectus is a harsh scream, and they 

 feed on the seeds and nuts of various trees. 



Cacatua gymnopis. — Mr. M'Lennan noted a large flock of Bare- 

 eyed Cockatoos on the Archer River in June, 1914. 



Cacatua roseicapilla. — On the Watson River Mr. M'Lennan found 

 Galahs (Rose-breasted Cockatoos) in numbers round the edge of the 

 swamp in April, 191 5. 



Aprosmictus erythropterus yorki. Red-winged Parrot. — Heard and 

 seen occasionally only. ]Mr. ]M'Lennan noted them on the Archer 

 and Pascoe Rivers. 



Platycercus cyanogenys (P. adscitus amathusia;). — We only saw 

 Bluc-chcckcd Parrots once, in open forest, not far from the tea-tree 

 swamps behind the mangroves. The note of these birds is a very 

 subdued one, and is very much like that of the Red-browed Pardalote. 



On the Archer River 'Sir. M'Lennan noted a few scattered pairs. 



Psephotus chrysopterygius. Golden-shouldered Parrot. — On the 

 14th April, 191 5, Mr. M'Lennan made the following notes when on 

 the Watson River : — ■" On reaching the river a pair of strange 

 Parrakeets was flushed from the thin fringe of mangroves ; they flew 

 off up the river, and disappeared in a big patch of mangrove. I 

 followed, and searched for about an hour, but did not see them. 

 Returning along the edge of the mangrove, I saw one of the Parrakeets 

 flying in from the plain. It alighted in the mangroves, and I managed 

 to secure it." 



Podargus papuensis. — We frequently heard the weird, guttural 

 laughing of the Papuan Frogmouth at night, though we did not often 

 come across it during the day. Two nests were observed, each con- 

 taining a young bird — one in a forest tree not far from our camp, 

 the other in a bushy tree outside a large patch of scrub. Occasionally 

 met with on the Archer River by Mr. M'Lennan. 



Podargus marmoratus (Micropodargns ocellatiis mannovatiis). — The 

 note of the Marbled Frogmouth soon became familiar to us, as it 

 was to be heard every night, though the bird was seldom seen by us. 

 It is more a bird of the scrub than P. papuensis, and occasionally 

 one was flushed from its resting-place in a tangled mass of lawyer 

 vines or other climbing, parasitic, or epiphytal plants. The note is 

 a soft yet loud " Kooloo kooloo kooloo," repeated several times. 

 One specimen which we obtained had been feeding on beetles, and had 

 a tape-worm in the subcutaneous tissue of the abdomen. Like 

 nearly all night-feeding birds, it is only heard at dusk and dawn on 

 dark nights, but all night long when it is moonlight. It is my ex- 

 perience that few if any of the so-called nocturnal birds get about 

 when it is really dark. 



Total length, 395 mm. ; wing, 185 mm. ; culmen, 40 mm. ; tarsus, 

 22 ; middle toe and claw, 31. Irides yellow. 



^gotheles novae-hollandias {A. cristata leucogasier^}. — The Owlet- 

 Nightjar was only heard calling once, and one specimen was obtained, 



