t68 Macgillivray, Notes on Some N Oueensland Birds, f ^7" 



-■-^-''^ -^ List Jan. 



Rhipidura albiscapa. White-shafted Fantail.— First met with in 

 April at the Jardine River, Cape York, where a few were seen, and 

 on the 5th of May, 191 2, one was seen near Peak Point. Very rare. 



Rhipidura albicauda. White-tailed Fantail. — Noted in the Gulf 

 country, on the Leichhardt River, where specimens were secured. 

 I rides brown, bill and legs black. 



Another specimen was secured on the Gregory River. 



Rhipidura dryas(?). Wood-Fantail. — First observed on the Gregory 

 River at first camp, and thence all the way down. Irides brown, 

 bill brownish-black, legs dark slaty-brown. 



This bird occurs at Cape York in fair numbers, but does not breed, 

 leaving by the end of November or beginning of December, to re- 

 appear in February, staying two months, and disappearing in April. 

 This applies to the seasons 191 1 and 191 2. This species is more 

 probably R. rufifrons, R. dryas not appearing east of the Gulf. 



Rhipidura isura. Northern Fantail. — Numerous on the Gregory 

 River all the way down to Burketown, this fine, large Fantail does 

 not occur at Cape York, and probably not on the eastern coast at 

 all. During the two years that Mr. M'Lennan was at Cape York 

 he saw no sign of it. 



rj, irides brown, bill and legs black. 



Rhipidura raotacilloides. Black-and-White Fantail. — Numerous 

 throughout the Gulf country, but only once noted at Cape York. 



Seisura inquieta. Restless Flycatcher. — A Restless Flycatcher found 

 throughout the Gulf country is intermediate between this species 

 and 5. nana. It was numerous on the Leichhardt and Gregory 

 Rivers. In the male the irides are dark brown, bill and legs black, 

 the female differing only in the colouring of the lower mandible, 

 which is leaden. 



Myiagra concinna. Blue Flycatcher. — Two specimens were secured 

 on the Leichhardt River, where they were feeding about the tea-tree. 

 They were not very plentiful. 



At Cape York this bird, which has been separated by Mr. Mathews 

 as M. yorki, is a common species all the year round, breeding in the 

 open forest, mostly on the bloodwoods. and also in the mangroves, 

 in the summer months. 



" Flushed Dacelo leachi from hollow in a bloodwood, A Blue 

 Flycatcher had its nest in the same tree ; it contained the usual clutch 

 of tlvree eggs. The bird sat on the nest till I touched her." 



Myiagra latirostris. Broad-billed Flycatcher. — Found always in 

 the mangroves at Cape York, where they find an abundance of insect 

 life amongst the leaves. They usually place their nest on a dead 

 twig about 2 feet above high-water mark over a channel in the man- 

 groves. When building one of the birds was always near the nest. 

 The male would sit in some chosen position, calling all the time that 

 the female was away gathering material. When she returned he 

 would flit away on the same quest. 



Machserirhynchus flaviventer. Boat-billed Flycatcher — Always 

 found in the scrub, where it finds its living amongst the leaves and 

 branchlets from within 2 feet of the ground to the tops of the scrub 

 trees, snapping up the insects which cling to the leaves. Whilst 

 building the male is constantly calling, at the same time 

 lending aid in the construction of the nest. Although the male 



