Vol. IX. 

 1910 



J Batey, Birds about Droiiin, Gippsland. 245 



Mistletoe-Bird {Dicceum hirundinaceum). — No mistletoes here, but 

 Ihey are found at Jindivick, where it is said this exquisite creature is 

 to be seen. 



Roller or Dollar-Bird {Eury stomas australis). — Mr. D. C. Swan 

 speaks of having seen it. 



Straw-necked Ibis {Geyonticus spiyiicollis). — Mrs. Gabbetl, of 

 Drouin, recently saw a flock of these circling about, and noticed that 

 they pitched on dead trees. My nephew asserts he has seen Ibis in 

 this region. 



A Lyre-Bird (Meniira victories), according to Mr. D. C. Swan, 

 occurs some 8 or 10 miles westerly from where I live. Mr. Swan 

 states there is only one, but if inquiries were made others may not be 

 far away. At Krafft's (of Bunyip) is a case of birds said to be purely 

 local, among them a fine Parrot, the size of a Crimson Parrakeet, and 

 if I am not in error it has a strip of dark colour across the breast. 

 My nephew speaks of having on very rare occasions seen a strange 

 Parrot here, therefore the one at Bunyip may be the same.* 



It would be a good thing if a picture of a bird drawn on the flat 

 came out in the School Paper, giving names for its outward parts. 



[Mr. Batey is probably the oldest bird-observer in the State, his 

 observations dating back to 1839. The foregoing observations, 

 however, have been made during the last three years. — Eds.] 



Stray Feathers. 



Cuckoo Notes. — Last October (1909) my father found a 

 nest of the Calamanthus albiloris, containing a young Cuckoo, 

 Caconiantis rHfiilus,^ and a nest of AcrocepJialus australis wherein 

 a young Cuckoo, CJialcococcyx plagosus, was being successfully 

 reared. Both these are probably new foster-parent records. — 

 L. G. Chandler. Malvern, 1 2/2/10. 



Feathers and Frost. — During the late winter I found, 



upon two occasions, Swallows {^Hirundo neoxena), firmly frozen 



to an iron roof. The birds roosted under and touching the roof, 



and during the night their feathers became attached to it by the 



process of freezing, and in the morning the Swallows were 



prisoners until the ice melted. — H. L. White. Belltrees, via 



Scone, N.S.W., S/9/09. 



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Full Clutches of Wattle-Birds. — On 8th October of this 

 year, while searching for Lyre-Birds, in the company of Mr. Harry 

 Burrell, of Manilla, New South Wales, I discovered a Wattle- 

 Bird's {AcantJiodicera caninciilata) nest about 12 feet from the 

 ground containing the exceptional clutch of three fine fresh 

 eggs. Mr. Burrell went to considerable trouble and secured a 



* Probably P. ignitus — a hybrid. — EDb. t Mathews' " Handlist.'' 



