IQO Mellor, Birds of Port Germein, South Australia. risf"jaii 



Song-Lark {Cinclorhamphus cruralis). 



Lesser Bush-Lark (Mirafra secunda). 



Pipit {Anthus australis). 



Grey Shxike-Thrush (Collynocincla harmonica). 



Mistletoe-Bird (DiccBum hirundinaceum). 



Silver-eye (Zosterops ccerulescens). 



Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis). 



White-fronted Bush-Chat (Ephthianura albifrons). 



Spotted-sided Finch {Staganopleura guttata). 



Chestnut-eared Finch {Tcsniopygia castanotis). 



Additional List. — Birds identified in the same district in August, 

 191 1, but not seen in August, 191 2 : — 

 Swamp-Hawk {Circus gouldi). 



Orange-fronted Bush-Chat {Ephthianura aurifrons). 

 Rufous Song-Lark {Cinclorhamphus rufescens). 

 Crow {Corvus coronoides). 

 Brush Wattle-Bird (Anellobia mellivora). 

 Yellow Parrakeet {Platycercus flaveolus). 

 Warbling Grass-Parrakeet {Melopsittacus undulatus). 

 Bronze-wing Pigeon {Phaps chalcoptera). 

 White-breasted Cormorant {Phalacrocorax gouldi). 



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Stray Feathers. 



Regent-Birds in Orchard. — Four Regent-Birds [Sericulus 

 chrysocephaliis) recently took up their abode in an orange 

 orchard near Bellingen, New South Wales. One pair built a nest 

 in an orange tree and reared a brood. All the birds became so 

 tame that they would hop into the kitchen in search of food. A 

 report from Goulburn states that the imported Goldfinches 

 are exterminating the spotted thistle in the vicinity of the town. 

 Large flocks of the Finches are constantly feeding on the seed. — 

 A. S. Le Souef. Sydney, 22/11/12. 



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Cuckoo Records. — At Gerahmin, 14 miles north-west of 

 Chillingollah, Victoria, on 15th September, 1912 (when in com- 

 pany with Messrs. J. A. Ross, T. H. Tregellas, and J. J. Searce,), 

 I found a nest of Hylacola cauta containing two eggs of the Wren 

 and an egg of the Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo (C. basalts). In 

 the same locality, and on the same date, Mr. Ross found a nest 

 of the Tawny-crowned Honey-eater {Glycyphila fulvijrons), which 

 contained one egg of the Honey-eater and an egg of the Narrow- 

 billed Bronze-Cuckoo. — F. E. Howe. Canterbury (Vic.) 



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Foster-Parents of Cuckoos. — ^ I would like to mention the 

 following foster-parents of Cuckoos : — Black-billed Fly-eater 

 {Pseudogerygone brunneipectus) as foster-parent of Rufous-throated 

 Bronze-Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx poccilurus) and Little Bronze-Cuckoo 

 (C. malayanus) ; Yellow-tinted Tree-Tit {Smicrornis flavescens) as 

 foster-parent of Chalcococcyx malayanus (I think that Smicrornis 



