222 Ford, Birds of Tanjil River and Ranges. [ist^A^rii 



with 3 feet deep hollow in top. It was interesting to watch the 

 old birds trying to get the young to leave the hollow after first 

 two came out. 



Sacred Kingfisher {Halcyon sanctiis). — A few pairs of birds 

 about. One pair nested near us. They are very pugnacious, 

 and drive all other birds away from near their nesting-tree. 



Blue Kingfisher {Alcyone azurea). — A few of these beautiful 

 little blue and copper-coloured bijds about the Tanjil River. 



Grey Shrike-Thrush {Colluncincla harmonica). — ^Always here. 

 Two that were about camp got very tame. They would fly on to 

 my lap, back, or shoulder when I came to feed them, and would 

 sit on my knee and feed out of my hands. They like cheese 

 better than other foods — cooked meat, grubs, and fat ; don't care 

 for bread or rice. 



Lyre-Birds {Memira victorice). — Five birds seen, and some 

 others heard. These birds are being killed out by foxes, I think, 

 as they are in less numbers than 30 odd years ago here. 



Scarlet-breasted Robin {Petroica leggii). — Several pairs seen. 

 One pair about camp for four years ; leaves in spring and returns 

 in the autumn — twice with a young Fantail Cuckoo, once witli a 

 young Pallid Cuckoo, and last time no young of any kind, so in 

 four years they have not reared any Robins. 



Flame-breasted Robin {Petroica phcvnicea). — Plentiful in winter. 



Pink-breasted Robin {Petroica rhodinogaster). — One pair seen 

 down in scrubby gully. 



The following birds are always to be seen near the camp : — 

 Wattle-Birds {AnthoclicBra cariinctdata) , Butcher-Bird {Cracticus 

 destructor), Mountain Thrush {Oreocincla litniilata), Welcome 

 Swallow {Hiritndo neoxena), Spotted Ground-Bird {Cinclosoma 

 piinctatum). Blue Wrens {Malurus cyaneits), Yellow-tailed and other 

 Tits {Acanthiza ckrysorrhoa, A. mathewsi, A. piisilla), Fire-tailed 

 Finch {Zonceginthiis belliis), Red-browed Finch {.Egintha tempor- 

 alis), Coachwhip-Bird {Psophodes crepitans) (saw young birds 

 just left the nest on 24/12/16), Golden-breasted Whistler {Pachy- 

 cephala gutturalis). Rufous-breasted Whistler (P. rufivcntris), 

 Yellow-breasted vShrike-Robin {Eopsaltria australis) (saw nest 

 with yoifng 20/12/16), Spine-billed Honey-eater {Acanthorhynchus 

 temiirostris). White-eared {Ptilotis leiicotis), White-plumed (P. 

 ornata). White-eared (P. penicillata), and White-bearded Honey- 

 eaters {Meliornis novcB-hollandicB) — the Spinebill is the most 

 plentiful ; Zosterops {Z. dor salts). White-backed Magpie {Gym- 

 norhina leuconota), Bell-Magpies {Strepera anaphonensis and 

 Strepera graculina). Brown Tree-creepers {Climacteris scandens), 

 Satin Bower-Bird {Ptilonorhynchns holosericens) (destructive in 

 gardens to peas, vegetables, &c.), Wonga-Wonga Pigeon {Lenco- 

 sarcia picata) (over a dozen seen), Bronzewing Pigeon {Phaps 

 chalcoptera). White-shafted Fantail {Rhipidiira albiscapa), Rufous- 

 fronted Fantail {R. rufifrons), Black-and-White Fantail {R. 

 motacilloides) (only saw one, on 12/9/17), Pipit {Anthiis australis), 

 Spotted Crake {Porzana fluminea), Pardalotes (P. piinctatiis) (saw 



