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district, and we learned that they only make the strange grinding 

 sound when hovering over the ground. 



Rhipidura tricolor. — Not plentiful. A pair here and there, 

 always on the look-out for winged insects. 



Acanthiza pyrrhopy^ia. — These little birds were seen everywhere 

 — in the open timber and the thick scrub alike — moving over and 

 under fallen timber and through the scrub with great rapidity, 

 uttering a sharp twittering note the while. 



Gymnorhina leuconota. — Seen in open country during the day- 

 time. Resorted to the timber to roost at night. Birds roosting 

 near the camp could be heard singing at intervals all through the 

 night. 



Cerchneis cenchroides. — We saw one or two of these useful birds 

 near the creek, generally perched on a dead bough or hovering 

 over the ground. 



Ninox boohook. — We heard this bird call at night near the 

 camp, but did not see it during the daytime. 



Corone australis. — Observed at the creek and along the west 

 coast. During, the latter part of our journey found them nesting. 



Artamus tencbrosns. — All through the country. They were 

 just building. 



Eopsaltria gnlaris. — Met with in the scrub, but nowhere plenti- 

 ful. They had not started to nest at the time of our visit. Until 

 nesting begins they are very silent. 



Pomatorhinus snperciliosiis. — ^These birds were scattered over 

 the country in small parties. Their activity when in a bush or 

 on the ground was marvellous. They passed over the ground in a 

 succession of hops, turning over leaves, bark, and manure in 

 search of insect life. 



Barnardius zonarins. — Not nearly so plentiful as in 1909. A 

 few pairs were met with in the sugar gums, and it was not till 

 the first week in September that they showed signs of nesting. 

 They began by peering into hollow limbs and clearing out the 

 decayed wood, chattering all the while, and wagging their out- 

 spread tails violently. 



Phaps chalcoptcra. — Saw one specimen. It was liushed from 

 the ground, and flew into a big gum. 



CheranKtca leiicostcrniim. — We found a pair of these birds 

 nesting in the high bank of the creek. The nest was lined with 

 fine rootlets and leaves, but no eggs had been laid. 



Melithreptiis brevirostris. — ^These birds were in numbers, generally 

 moving about in small flocks, feeding among the low flowering 

 shrubs, chiefly Astroloma conostephoides. 



Glycyphila nielanops. — A fair number of these birds was met 

 with at Warunda Creek — in the low bush outside the timber belt 

 on the creek. We found two or three nests, mostly containing 

 young. 



On 28th September we struck camp for the west coast, passing 

 over undulating sandy country covered with low scrub, prin- 

 cipally Eucalyptus incrassata, Casuarina distyla, Grevillea ilici- 



