134 Mkcgillivray, Notes on Some N. Queensland Birds, [isf^j^n 



castanotis, Dicceum, Graucalus melanops, Artamus minor and 

 melanops, Climacteris nielanura, Neositta mortoni, Microcca pallida, 

 Pachycephala falcata, Dacelo leachi. Halcyon pyrrhopygius, Pard- 

 alottis ruhricatus and nropygialis, Ocyphaps, Geopelia tranquilla, 

 Calyptorhynchus macrorhynchus, Cacatua galerita, C. roseicapilla, 

 C. gymnopis, Melopsittacus undulatus, Ptilosclera versicolor, 

 Calopsitta novce-hollandice, Cheramceca leucostermim, Antigone 

 australasiana, Choriotis australis, Xenorhynchus asiaticiis. 



On the 19th a start was made, and Kamilaroy Station reached 

 with one horse. A camp was made near here for 10 days. 

 Haliceetus leiicogaster and Mviagra concinna were met with for the 

 first time. 



On the ist July, still down the Leichhardt, Lorraine Station 

 was reached, and Augustus Downs on the 5th of the same month, 

 where Poephila personata was met with. On this station were 

 many lagoons, and wildfowl were abundant. A camp was made 

 on a chain of lagoons 3 miles beyond the station. Uroaetus audax, 

 Haliceetus leiicogaster, Haliastiir spheniiriis, Lophoictinia isura, 

 Hieracidea herigora and orientalis, Asfiir approximans, Gypoictinia 

 melanosternon, Falco snbniger, Erythrotriorchis radiatiis, Cerchneis 

 cenchroides, Ninox conniiens, N. ocellata. Strix flammea, Podargns 

 hrachypterns, Corone aiistralis, Corviis corone, Gymnorhina tibicen, 

 Cracticus nigrigularis, Grallina picata. Graucalus melanops, 

 Chlamydera maculata, Lalage tricolor, Climacteris melanura, 

 Neositta mortoni, Dicceum, Mirafra secunda (?), Cisticola, Poma- 

 torhinus rubeculus, Struthidea, Turnix velox, Pachycephala falcata, 

 Gerygone albigularis, Ptilotis nnicolor, P. flavescens, Ocyphaps 

 lophotes, Geopelia tranquilla. Stigmatops ocularis, Conopophila 

 rufogularis, Tceniopygia castanotis, Stictoptera bichenovii, Neochmia 

 phaeton, Miinia pectoralis, Poephila personata, P. gouldi, P. 

 hecki, Pardalotits ruhricatus, P uropygialis, Seisura inquieta, 

 Micrceca pallida, Sauloprocta motacilloides, Myiagra concinna, Rhip- 

 idura dryas, Malurus assimilis, M. cruentatus, Calyptorhynchus 

 macrorhynchus, Cacatua galerita, C. roseicapilla, C. gymnopis, 

 Ptistes ervthropterus, Ptilosclera versicolor, Melopsittacus undulatus, 

 Dendrocygna eytoni, Nyroca australis, Malacorhynchus membran- 

 aceus, Chlamydochen jubata, Plotus novce-hollandice, Platihis flavipes, 

 Platalea regia, Notophoyx pacifica and A'^. novce-hollandicc, Nycticorax 

 caledonicus, Herodias timoriensis, Mesophoyx plumifera. 



This camp was struck on the 14th, when the track was retraced 

 for 20 miles, in order to cross the Leichhardt. Next day a start 

 was made on the Gregory River track, and a camp for the night 

 made on a water-hole a mile long and from 30 to 100 yards in 

 width. This water-hole was dotted with small islands, all being 

 thickly clothed in tea-tree, while numbers of blue and white water- 

 lilies grew along the edges. On one of the islands was a Cormorants' 

 old rookery. 



On the 17th the track led through heavy forest country all the 

 way to Fiery Downs, a distance of about 20 miles. Next day the 

 Gregory River was reached, after another 20 miles, through open 



