28 Weatherii.i-, Descriptinit of a Neiv Pseudogerygone. [,,^"jui,. 



a dark red zone at the larger end. Outside dimensions (in 

 millimeters), 17.8 x 12.6 to 17 x 13.2. 



Type in the Queensland Museum, collected and presented by 

 Mr. W. E. Weatherill. 



This bird is a denizen of the coast, and lives among the man- 

 grove bushes on the islands of Moreton Bay, and along the 

 banks of the rivers and creeks in South-East Queensland. It 

 may often be observed in the parks and gardens close to the 

 coast, busily engaged in quest of insects. At intervals of every 

 few minutes it bursts forth into song ; this is so sweet and well 

 sustained that the residents of the Brisbane district call it the 

 " Queensland Canary." Its pre-eminence as a song-bird above 

 its congeners induces me to propose the above name for the 

 species. 



Stray Feathers. 



Black-tailed Godwit. — I find, on comparing Limosa 

 liinosa from Europe with the Black-tailed Godwit from 

 Australia, that for the latter the name of Limosa rnelaniiroides, 

 Gould, must stand. — GREGORY M. Mathews. Herts., England, 



Curlews (Numenius cyanopus) Migrating. — Passing 

 through Cranbourne on the evening of Friday, 12th March, 1909, 

 a few minutes before 7 o'clock, I heard numerous cries of Curlews 

 {^Numenius cyanopus), and, knowing they must be migrating (as 

 there is no coast line near), I reined in my horse and listened. 

 A large flock was evidently flying overhead at a great height. 

 After listening for a while it became evident that their route was 

 as nearly as possible from south-east to north-west by west, and 

 their " direction " would bring them over, I should say, North 

 Brighton. It wa.*; too dark for observation. — Geo. E. Shepherd. 

 Somerville (Vic.) 



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Red-browed Tree-creeper at Olinda. — I secured a 

 single specimen of the Red-browed Tree-creeper {Climacteris 

 erythrops) at Olinda (Vic.) on the 30th January, 1909. Although 

 a good look-out was kept, no others were noticed in the 

 locality. I shot the bird while its back was to me, thinking it 

 was C. leucoplicea, and was delighted on picking it up to find I 

 had been mistaken. I find by my note-book I have it sexed as a 

 male, but this bird, having the rusty markings on the breast, 

 should, according to John Gould, be the female. I can only 

 admit, before such an authority, that I must have made an error 

 in dissection. I think this is the farthest point south this species 

 as been recorded from. — L. G. Chandler. Melbourne. 



