Vol. XVII. 

 1918 



Queensland Notes. 



231 



as Kow Swamp. I have sometimes been out in a boat shooting, 

 and, when the first shot was fired, the rising of the birds sounded 

 Hke thunder, but that was about 20 years ago. — E. R. Caldwell. 

 "Gilgi," Pampas, Queensland, 3/6/17. 



Camera Craft Notes. 



Red-capped Dottrel. — It is interesting that the Red-capped 

 Dottrel {.Egialitis ruflcapilla) always nests, as far as my observation 

 goes, on coarse sand, and just at high- water mark ; occasionally 

 a higher wave than usual wets the eggs, but, the sand being so 

 coarse, at once sinks away and no drawback occurs — if it did the 

 eggs would run the risk of being rolled away. I took the accom- 

 panying photograph in Tasmania on 23rd November last. It 

 will be noticed how the bird has placed small pieces of white shell 

 alongside the eggs, and the excellent site from a protective point 



Nest of Red-capped Dottrel {^gialitis ruficapilla). 



PHOTO. BY W. H. D. LE SOUEF. C.M.Z.S., R.A.O.U. 



of view. Not far away was the nest of the Pied Oyster-catcher 

 {HcBmatopus longirostris). This bird had made its nest (if nest 

 it can be called) well above high-water mark and on fine sand. 

 I notice that the Black Oyster-catcher [H. fiiliginosiis) usually 

 nests further away from the sea, and on darker material — such as 

 on patches of seaweed, &C. — than the lighter-coloured bird does. 

 The photographs were taken on the same day, on the eastern 

 coast of Tasmania. — ^W. H. D. Le Souef. Melbourne. 



