26 Ford, Birds of Yackandandah Creek Valley. \in\"]x\\ ■ 



December 26. — Sistira inquieta (Reslless Flycatcher) seen. Platalea 

 regia (Black-billed Spoonbill) going north at 7 p.m. 



December 30. — Found nest of Artannts sordidtis (Wood-Swallow) 

 containing young. 



1909. 



January 8. — Staganopleura guttata (Spotted-sided Finch) building. 



January' 11. — Platalea regia (Black-billed Spoonbill) on creek. 



January 15. — Ibis molucca (White Ibis) observed with flock of Straw- 

 necked species. At first two only were seen, but after a 

 week or so there were seven white birds. 



January 16. — Pair of Petrceca goodenovi (Red-capped Robins) seen. 



January 18. — Young of Calopsittacus novcB-hollandio' (Cockaloo- 

 Parrakeets) just leaving nest. 



January 26. — Cha'iura caudacuta (Spine-tailed . Swifts). — Twelve of 

 these birds appeared, 7.45 to 7.55 p.m., in creek valle}', 

 hawking, and appearing to work south, though the last three, 

 when lost sight of through getting below range of hills, were 

 going north. They were hawking insects. 



January 28. — At 7.45. p.m. a flock of Hirundo neoxena (Swallows) — 

 about 40 — appeared suddenly about trees, evidently amongst 

 a swarm of insects. At 7.50 p.m. they suddenly disappeared. 



January 29. — Another flock of Swallows (about 40) appeared at 7.15 

 to 7.30 p.m. They were hawking flying-ants. There were 

 several Bee-eaters and Wood-Swallows (Artamits sordidtis) 

 in company with the Swallows. 



February i and 6. — Spotted-sided Finches building. 



February 2. — A large flock of Swallows (about 200) appeared in creek 

 valley at 7.30 p.m. They came in low down, and went round 

 about the trees, rising above them till fairly high, when they 

 went away to the south. 



February 21. — A Dollar-Bird seen, making north. 



February 28th. — At 6.30 p.m. a flock of ChcBtura caudacuta (Swifts) 

 came into Yackandandah Creek valley, and kept low down, 

 below the tops of trees, hawking, till 6.45 p.m., when they 

 disappeared without the direction of their flight being seen. 



Januar\^ and February. — Hundreds of Merops ornatus (Bee-eaters) 

 about creek valley. 



Description of a New Pseudogerygone from 



Soutli^East Queensland.* 



By W. E. Weatherill, Oueen.sland Museum, Brisbane. 



PSEUDOGERYGONE CANTATOR, sp. nov. 



Adult. — General colour above, olive-brown, ting^ed with fawn 

 on the rump ; lesser and median wing coverts like the back ; 

 greater coverts dark brown, narrowly margined with olive-brown. 

 Primaries and secondaries edged with pale brown, which 

 becomes indistinct towards the outermost feather. Tail crossed 



* The author has kindly furnished the editors of The Emu with a reprint of this 

 " Description," but no reference is given to the magazine in which it originally 

 appeared. 



