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*tPlatycercus browni. Smutty Parrot. 



Platycercus venustus venustus. 



Cape Barrow, 25/8/15. — In the forest country. Liverpool River, 

 21/9/15. — A pair seen. King River.— Occasional pairs in the forest 

 country and on the river flats. 



Crop, seeds ; gizzard, seeds and sand. 



*tPodargus phalsenoides. Freckled Frogmouth. 



Podargus strigoides phalcEnoides. 



King River, 3/10/15. — Nest containing two eggs found. One bird 

 taken, another bird seen and shot later. 19/10/15. — Single bird 

 noted. 23/10/15. — Pair flushed from a blood-wood,' in which was 

 nest containing two small young. 27/10/15. — A single bird pro- 

 cured. 10/11/15.— A nest containing two half-fledged young noted. 



Stomach, remains of beetles. Bird shot from nest. Skin of breast 

 and abdomen puffed and containing watery fluid. 



*ffigotheles novae-hoHandise. Owlet-Nightjar. 

 ^Mgotheles cristaia leucogaster. 



King River. — Often heard calling near camp after dark. 10/10/15. 

 — One flushed from hollow in eucalypt ; shot specimen. 



Stomach, remains of beetles. 



*Eurystomus pacificus. Roller. 



Earystomiis orie)iUilis pacificus. 



King River. — Fairly numerous on (he fiats till after the first rains. 

 25/12/15. — Nest containing two small young examined. Roper 

 River, 19/2/16. — Couple of birds noted. 



Stomach, remains of insects and wasp. 



*t Alcyone pulchra. Purple Kingfisher. 



Alcyone azurea pulchra. 



Little Archer River, 6/7/15. — Occasionally noted along the small 

 creeks in mangroves. Goyder River, 7/9/15. — Two birds noted at 

 small creek in the mangroves. Liverpool River, 21/9/15. — Pair noted 

 along stream. King River.— Occasionally seen along river and small 

 creeks in mangroves. f Refer notes 19 and 26/1 2/1 5 ^ 5, 9, and 

 23/1/16; see narrative.} Roper River, 18/3/16— Nest containing 

 six eggs found. 



Stomach, small fish and shrimps 



* Alcyone ramsayi. Ramsay Kingfisher. 

 ■\ Alcyone pusilla ramsayi. 



Little Archer River. 6/7/15, — Pairs noted along the small creeks 

 in mangroves. King River. — Occasionally noted along the river 

 and mangrove creeks. Howard Island Channel, 31/1/16.— One noted. 



Stomach, small fish. 



*tDacelo cervina. Fawn-breasted Kingfisher. 

 Dacelo leachii cervina. 



Port Bradshaw, 1/9/15.— Pair seen. Liverpool River, 21/9/15. — 

 A few noted. King River. — Occasional pairs along the river fiats, 

 also in forest country. Port Bradshaw, 6/2/16. — Birds observed in 

 forest. Pera Head, 4/7/15. — Pair noted. 



Stomach, beetles, a grasshopper, a young goanna, and small bones. 



* Halcyon raacleayi. Forest Kingfisher. 

 Cyanalcyon macleayi barnardi. 



Pera Head, 4/7/15, and Liverpool River, 21/9/15. — A few birds 

 noted. King River. — Few pairs noted on river flats and in the forest 



