2o6 Barnard, Birds of the Brunnette Downs. [isf April 



Falco subniger. Black Falcon. — Very scarce ; only odd birds seen. 



Faico lunulatus. Little Falcon. — Odd birds seen, generally catching 

 large grasshoppers, which, during the day time, were on the \ving 

 in millions. 



Falco melanogenys. Black-cheeked Falcon. — Only odd birds seen, 

 generally on the wing 



Circus gouldi. Allied Swamp-Hawk. — Fairly common, hovering 

 over swamps and catching grasshoppers off the lignum. 



Circus assimilis. Spotted Swamp-Hawk. — Seen frequently flying 

 low over the plains in search of food. 



Hieracidea occidentalis. Striped Brown Hawk. — Common, both 

 flying over the plains and in the timber ; a number of immature birds 

 were seen. 



Cerchneis cenchroides. Nankeen Kestrel. — Very common ; seen 

 resting in small patches of timber and hovering over the plains. 



Astur approximans. Goshawk. — Common in timber country ; 

 nearly all birds observed were immature. 



Strix delicatula. Delicate Owl. — Four birds seen, flushed from 

 holes in stunted coolibah along the creeks. 



Podargus phalaenoides. Freckled Frogmouth. — Fairly common in 

 the gidgea, where they were breeding. 



iSlgotheles novae-hollandiae (leucogaster). (White-bellied) Owlet 

 Nightjar. — Very scarce ; found breeding in gidgea stumps a few feet 

 from the ground. 



Corvus coronoides. Crow. — Very common, breeding freely in the 

 gidgea and coolibah trees along water-courses during February and 

 March. 



Gymnorhina terrae-reginae. Little Magpie — Fairly common ; several 

 old nests seen in the gidgea. 



Cacatua derbyana. Pallid Rose Cockatoo. — Common. A fe\r were 

 found breeding during Februar}^ and March in the coolibah trees along 

 the water-courses. 



Licmetis tenuirostris. Long-billed Cockatoo (Corella). — Seen in 

 flocks of hundreds. A few were found breeding during February and 

 March in hollows in the coolibah trees. 



Calopsittacus novae-hollandise (obscurus). (Northern) Cockatoo- 

 Parrot. — Numbers seen, always in small flocks, but did not appear 

 to be breeding. 



Melopsittacus undulatus (intermedius). (Northern) Warbling Grass- 

 Parrot. — A few small flocks seen, generally in open country. 



Pteropodocys phasianella (pallida). (Northern) Ground Cuckoo- 

 Shrike. — Fairly common ; generally seen in pairs, breeding in the 

 gidgea trees in February and March. 



Graucalus melanops (connectens). (Queensland) Black-faced Cuckoo- 

 Shrike. — Plentiful ; many fully grown young seen. 



Grallina picata. Pied Grallina (Magpie-Lark). — Common ; breeding 

 freely along the water-courses in February and March. 



Rhipidura motacilloides. Black-and-White Fantail. — Common '> 

 found breeding alongside the Grallina in the gidgea trees. 



