^'igoi''^ ^' Stray Feathers oj 



with your collection," and then I question if you will get it with 

 certainty. It is quite abnormal in the plumage, lacking the 

 pigment of all except desert forms." I have now carefully and 

 critically examined the bird, as suggested by Mr. Hall, and 

 cannot arrive at any other conclusion than that it is in all 

 probability an extremely abnormal form of P. phoenicea. A 

 brief description of the bird is as follows : — Upper surface, in- 

 cluding head, sandy-buff; throat and chest a shade darker; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts paler ; tail same colour as 

 abdomen ; wings sandy-buff, edged with dirty white ; major 

 wing coverts dirty white ; bill, legs, and feet pale sandy-buff. 

 Dimensions in mm. — length 135, culmen 9, wing '/6, tail 48, 

 tarsus 19. From the evidence of the plumage the bird was not 

 a young one. — Frank M. Littler. Launceston, 26/4/09. 



An Interesting Census.— The following birds I noticed here 

 yesterday in the trees along the banks of the Upper Hunter River, 

 and within an area of 20 acres of the estate, viz. : — Warty- 

 faced Honey-eater {Meliphaga phrygia), White-naped Honey-eater 

 {Melithreptus atricapillns). White-plumed Honey-eater {Ptilotis 

 penicillata), Blue-faced Honey-eater [Entomyza cyanotiis), Miner 

 {Myzantha garrula), Friar-Bird {Tropidorhynchns corniculatus). 

 Restless Flycatcher {Sisiira inqitieta), Brown Flycatcher {Microeca 

 fascinans), Black-and- White Fantail {Rhipidura tricolor). Black- 

 backed Magpie {Gymnorhina tibicen), Butcher-Bird {Cracticus 

 destructor). Swallow {Hinmdo neoxena), Brown Tree-creeper 

 {Climacteris scciJidens), Wood-Swallow {Artamus tenebrosiis), Magpie- 

 Lark {Grallina picata). Great Brown Kingfisher {Dacelo gigas). 

 Sacred Kingfisher {Halcyon sa)ictiis), Ground-Lark {Anthiis aitstralis). 

 Crow {Corviis coronoides). Wedge-tailed Eagle {Uroactus audax), 

 Ground-Dove (Geopelia tranquilla). White-shouldered Caterpillar- 

 eater [Lalage tricolor), Yellow-rumped Tit [Acanthiza chrysorrhoa), 

 White Cockatoo {Cacatua galerita), Red-rumped Parrakeet 

 {Psephotus hcematonotus). Little Lorikeet {Glossopsittaciis pitsillus). 

 Musk Lorikeet {Glossopsittacus concinnus), Whiteface {Xerophila 

 IcHcopsis), White-fronted Heron {Notophoyx novce-hollandice). 

 Spotted Pardalote {Pardalotus punctatus), Babbler [Pomatorhiniis 

 frivolus). Grey Shrike-Thrush {Collyriocichla harmonica). Hooded 

 Robin {Petrceca bicolor), Scarlet-breasted Robin {Petrocca leggii). 

 Spotted-sided Finch [Staganopleura guttata). — Sm. Wm. Jackson. 

 Belltrees, Scone (N.S.W.), 15/6/09. 



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Aboriginal Names. — In connection with Mr. S. W.Jackson's 

 interesting article, " In the Barron River Valley, N.O." {Emu, 

 viii., pp. 233-283), the following additional names, as given to 

 the various birds, &c., by the aborigines of the Tinaroo scrub, 

 have been kindly supplied by the author, viz. : — White-fronted 

 Heron (" Balla-birra "), Snake-necked Darter (" Tar-curra ") 



