Vol. XVII. 

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] Macgillivray, Oynithologists in North Queensland. IQI 



No. 119. — Total length, 195 mm. ; wing, y6 mm. ; culmen, 38 mm. ; 

 tarsus, 16 mm. ; middle toe and claw, 18 mm. Bill yellow ; terminal 

 half of culmen black ; feet and legs yellow ; claws brownish ; irides 

 brown . 



Dacelo gigas maclennani. — A pair or more of Great Brown King- 

 fishers inhabited most of the larger patches of open forest. Their 

 laughing note is very like that of the southern bird {D. gigas). We 

 flushed one from its nesting-hollow on the 12th November. The hole 

 was in a termites' nest 30 feet up a eucalypt, in open forest. It 

 contained three eggs on the point of hatching. On the 4th January 

 we found this same pair with a nest not far from the old one, also at 

 a height of about 30 feet. It contained three young birds about a 

 week old. One parent became very anxious when Mr. M'Lennan 

 was examining the young, calling excitedly and flying from tree to 

 tree. On the Archer River the bir-ds are common in the forest 

 country. 



Dacelo leachi (D. leachi kempi). Leach Kingfisher. — Noted at Cook- 

 town in possession of the same lioUow from which Dr. Dobbyn and I 

 took a set of eggs in 1910. At the Claudie they were occasionally 

 met with, but were very silent before the wet season, when their noisy, 

 loud shouting call was to be heard all day long. Common in forest 

 country along the Archer River. 



Halcyon macleayi (Cyanalcyon macleayi bamardi). Forest King- 

 fisher. — Fairly common in open forest about our camp, where they 

 nested in termites' nests on the trees. Also noted on the Sir Charles 

 Hardy Islands. 



On the Archer River Mr. M'Lennan found them to be common in 

 the forest country. 



Halcyon sanctus. — When Mr. ^M'Lennan was making his way down 

 the coast from Cape York to Lloyd's Island in July, 191 3, he made 

 the following notes about the Sacred Kingfisher at his various 

 stopping-places : — Round Point, Cape York. — " Numerous in the 

 mangroves." Baird Island, near Piper Island Lightship. — " Noted." 

 Macarthur Islands. — " Numerous." Stony Point, south of Piper 

 Island. — " Numerous in the mangroves." Lloyd's Island. — 

 " Numerous." 



On the 30th August there were still some on Lloyd's Island ; by 

 the 15th October they had all gone. This species seems to disappear 

 from the Cape York Peninsula by October, and to reappear in iMarch 

 and April, when they soon become numerous. Mr. M'Lennan has 

 no notes of their presence in May, and only one in June. 



Halcyon sordidus. — Mangrove Kingfisher. — Frequently heard and 

 seen by us in the Lloyd's Island mangroves and in the mangroves 

 bordering the first few miles of the Claudie. This fine Kingfisher 

 has a note similar to that of H. sanctus, but much louder. It is seldom 

 seen out of the mangroves. 



Mr. M'Lennan noted a few on Lloyd's Island in July, more in 

 August, and numbers in October. 



Tanysiptera sylvia {Uvalcyon sylvia sylvia). — The first White-tailed 

 Kingfisher arrived at the Claudie on the 20th December ; after this 

 they became more frequent. We found the first nest on i8th 

 January ; this was in a termites' nest 4 feet up in a tree in thick 

 scrub, through which we had great difficulty in making our way. 



