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and secured two eggs. Noted Philemon sordidus and Myzomela 

 pectoralis, the latter being fairly numerous in a patch ot burnt forest. 

 My legs had swelled and were painful, so 1 remained in camp during 

 the afternoon. The sores on my hands are beginning to heal ; have 

 been careful lately — have not got any fresh scratches. 



29/10/15. — Went up the river in the dinghy to have a look at the 

 nest of Cracticus quoyi noted 17/10/15 ; it was completed, but 

 there were no eggs. Heard the birds close by. The other nest noted 

 same date had not been added to. Had a search for the nest of another 

 pair of these birds, but only found two old nests. Found a nest of 

 Zosterops lutea in a small-leaved mangrove overhanging the river ; 

 it contained two fresh eggs. The bird sat on the nest till touched. 

 Two nests of P. magnirostris, containing two eggs each, were taken. 

 Another nest contained two hard-set eggs. A nest of M . flaviventris, 

 8 feet above the water, in fork of dead mangrove, contained one egg. 

 The nest of P. magnirostris noted 27/10/15 still contained but two 

 eggs ; took them. A Pied Goose was flushed from the mangroves, 

 and a Megapode was seen, also Piezorhynchus nitidus and Zosterot>s 

 lutea. Afternoon, I went down the river through the mangroves. 

 Heard the Chestnut Rails calling in a fairly clear patch of mangroves. 

 Crept quietly up to within sight of them. There were eight birds ; 

 two pairs were fighting, while the others looked on, uttering their 

 queer calls occasionally. Although I shot one of the outsiders, the 

 others kept on fighting. I was preparing for another shot when a 

 bird caught sight of me, uttered a loud warning grunt, and all dis- 

 appeared instantly. Saw a Cuckoo {Cacomantis flabelliformis) and a 

 Black Butcher-Bird. Mosquitoes plentiful. Arrived at camp about 

 5 p.m. and skinned birds. 



30/10/15. — Went up the other branch of river. Took nest of 

 Micrceca flaviventris and several nests of Pseudogerygone magnirostris. 

 One had two eggs, including one of a Bronze-Cuckoo. A nesl of 

 Zosterops lutea contained two slightly incubated eggs. Hunted 

 near camp in the afternoon. Koel heard calling after dark, as it 

 had by day. 



31/10/15. — Went up river in dinghy for a couple of miles. Nesl of 

 Yellow Zosterops noted 29/10/15 contained three eggs. Landed on 

 the left bank and proceeded through the forest countrj' to the west 

 for about 3 miles. Flushed Rhipidura isura from its nest, 5 feet 

 from the grovind, in a dead wattle, and saw Myiagra concinna. 

 Halcyon macleayi was flushed from its hollow in a termites' nest 

 20 feet from the ground in a eucalypt ; the mound contained four 

 eggs. A little further on Trichoglossus rubritorques flushed from a 

 hollow 25 feet from the ground in a eucalypt ; i-esult, two eggs. 

 Secured Conopophila rtifogularts. Reached camp i .30 p.m. and skinned 

 birds. After I had finished I went to the patch of scrub at the 

 spring near camp. Shot a female of Lalage leucomelcena and a couple 

 of Myzomela obscura. Mosquitoes very troublesome. 



1/11/15. — Excessively hot, and an uneventful day. 



2/11/T5. — Went down river a couple of miles along the edge of 

 the salt-pans. Noted Ochthodromus geoffroyi, Himantopits leucocephaltts. 

 Glottis nebularius , and Heteropygia acuminata. Saw a Cisticola and 

 several Stictoptera annulosa at the spring near camp. After lunch, at 

 the spring again : noted Dicceum hirundinaceum, Glyciphila fasciaia. 



