148 Littler, A Trip to Ninth Island, Bass Strait. [ isfTai- 



arrive from the seaward side, and after a short rest departed for 

 Tasmania. A flock of about 100 White-eyes \Zosterops 

 coerulescens) also spent a few hours on one occasion moving 

 from place to place on the island. 



From the foregoing it will be noted that Ninth Island, notwith- 

 standing its small size and uninviting appearance, has much to 

 interest an ornitholog-ist. 



Birds Seen in and around Broome, North- Western 



Australia. 



By Alan F. Grossman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



This does not by any means purport to be a complete list of 

 the birds of the Broome district, but only a contribution towards 

 the ornithology of a place which has, up to the present, been 

 very little investigated zoologically. The identification of the 

 various species was made solely by sight, the writer not having 

 collected, so that the list is of necessity subject to modification 

 and alteration. The country immediately round Broome is 

 covered with fairly dense scrub, and is known locally as Pindan 

 country, but farther out there are large plains, as well as a 

 certain amount of timbered country. Along the coast there are 

 numerous creeks running up from the sea, and round many of 

 these are mangrove thickets which probably harbour birds, but 

 which, at the present time, as far as the author is concerned, are 

 unexplored country. 



Little Dove {Geopelia cuneata). — Common. 



Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia). — Not uncommon along the 

 coast. 



White-faced Ternlet {Sterna nereis). — I have occasionally seen 

 this species on the coast. 



Silver Gull (Lartis novce-hollandics). — Common. 



Skua {Megalestris antarctica). — On one occasion I saw a bird ap- 

 parently belonging to this species with a lot of Gulls. 



Pied Oyster-catcher {Hcematopus longirostris). — Common. 



Black Oyster-catcher {Hcematopus unicolor). — I identified a pair 

 of these birds, on one occasion, near Point Gantheaume. 



Red-capped Dottrel {Mgialitis ruficapilla). — Common. 



Curlew (Numenius cyanopus). — Common. 



Whimbrel {Numenius variegatus). — Not uncommon. 



Barred-rumped Godwit {Limosa novcB-hoUandics) . — Common. 



Common Sandpiper {Tringoides hypoleucus). — Not uncommon on the 

 coast. 



