8o Okton and Sandland, Birds of Moor a {W .A .) [,si^"oct. 



Ptilotis carteri. Carter Honey-ealer. — Uncommon. 



Meliornis longirostris. Long-billed Honey-eater. — Common round 

 lea-trcc swamps further west. 



Myzantha obscura. Dusky Miner. — Common. 



Anthochsera carunculata. Red Wattle-Bird. — Very plentiful from 

 April to November. Nearly all birds absent from here during re- 

 maining months. 



Anellobia lunulata. Little Wattle-Bird. — Very rare. 



Acanthogenys rufiguiaris. Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater. — Same as 

 Glyciphila albifrons. 



Anthus australis. Pipit. — Very common, especially round cleared 

 country. 



Taeniopygia castanotis. Chestnut-eared Finch. — Uncommon. 



Corvus australis. Raven. — Extremely plentiful ; destructive to 

 lambs. 



Strepera plumbea. Leaden Bell-Magpie. — Not very plentiful. Very 

 local in habits. 



Cracticus nigrogularis. Black-throated Butcher-Bird. — Seen in 

 district for first time last year. 



Cracticus leucopterus. White-winged Butcher-Bird. — Very common. 



Gymnorhina dorsalis. Varied Magpie. — Very common 



The Black^eared Cuckoo (Mesocalius palliolatus, 



Lath.) ' ^'^U.iMi^JUiA^ 



By p. a. Gilbert and H. Keane, Ms.R.A.O.U. 



The first authentic evidence of the presence of the Black-eared 

 Cuckoo in the County of Cumberland, New South Whales, was 

 " an immature specimen procured by Mr. L. Harrison at Manly 

 on 13th January, igo6." * Since that date oological confirmation 

 has been obtained by us. At Flemington, 9 miles west of Sydney, 

 on i6th August, 1908, we found a nest of the little Field-Wren 

 {Chthonicola sagittaia, Lath.), which contained three eggs. Being 

 an odd-looking set, they were submitted to Mr. A. J. North for 

 examination, and he identified one of them as the egg of M. 

 palliolatiis. This is the first egg recorded in the County of Cumber- 

 land, and is now in Mr. H. Keane's collection. The following are 

 some records : — 



31/8/08. — One Black-eared Cuckoo's egg and one egg of Little Field- 

 Wren, Flemington, N.S.W. 

 23/10/09. — One Black-eared Cuckoo's egg and one egg of Little 



Field-Wren, Flemington, N.S.W. 

 17/9/10. — One Black-eared Cuckoo's egg and two young Field-Wrens, 



Flemington, N.S.W. 

 10/12/10. — One Black-eared Cuckoo's egg and two eggs Little Field- 

 Wren, Blacktown, N.S.W. 



* " Records Aust. Museum," vol. vi., No. 5. 



