Vol. X. 

 1910 



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by the colouring of the sitting bird — a Fruit-Pigeon (Megaloptepia 

 assimilis) — that none of us notices her till she leaves the nest. The 

 nest contains one egg. Two Orioles (0. affinis) are noted on the 

 homeward track. 



Next day we very reluctantly leave for Thursday Island, there 

 to catch our steamer for the south. 



Birds of Cardwell and Herbert River Districts (N.Q.) * 



By K. Broadbext. Zoological Collector, Queensland Museum. 



Uroaetus audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle). — Noted in September at 

 Dalrymple's Gap. 



Haliaetus leucogaster (White-bellied Sea-Eagle). — • August, 

 Cardwell beach. 



Haliastur girrenera (White-headed Sea-Eagle). — August, beach, 

 Cardwell. 



Pandion leucocephalus (Osprey). — August. Breeding in a large 

 tea-tree on the beach below Cardwell ; nest with young in. 



Falco subniger (Black Falcon). — September, Herbert River. 

 Scarce. 



HiERACiDEA orientalis (Brown Hawk). — September, Herbert 

 River. 



AsTUR nov^-hollandi;e (White Goshawk). — September, Dal- 

 rymple's Gap scrubs. 



AsTUR APPROxiMANs (Gosliawk). — September, Herbert River. 



AcciPiTER ciRRHOCEPHALUS (Sparrow-Hawk). — August, Cardwell. 



MiLvus AFFINIS (Kite). — September, Herbert River. Common. 



LoPHOiCTiNiA isuRA (Square-tailed Kite). — September, Herbert 

 River. Common. 



Elanus AXILLARIS (Black-shouldered Kite). — November, Gowrie 

 Creek. This is a rare bird in the Cardwell district. At Chinchilla 

 and out west they are more plentiful, also on the River Warrego and 

 on the Alice at Barcaldine. At Springsure I shot a pair in September. 



Strix tenebricosa (Sooty Owl). — August, in Cardwell scrubs. 



Strix delicatula (Lesser Masked Owl). — Murray River, edge of 

 scrubs. 



NiNOx rufa (Rufous Owl). — September, Gowrie Creek, mountain 

 gully. 



NiNox LURiDA (Lurid Owl). — September. I first shot this bird at 

 Cardwell in 1885, and it was named by Mr. C. W. De Vis, Curator of 

 the Queensland Museum. It is a rare bird, and hard to find in the 

 scrubs, keeping in all the darkest and thickest places. At dusk it 



* These notes were made during a collecting lour undertaken by Mr. Broadbent 

 from August, 1888, to March, 1889. The somewhat belated paper by the veteran 

 collector is none the less valuable because the collection therein detailed is in the 

 Queensland Museum, and available for reference for students and others. — Eds. 



