Vol. X. 

 1910 



] Broadbext, Bit'ds of Cavdwell and Herbert River. 24I 



PxisTES cocciNEOPTERUs (Crimson-winged Lory). — 22nd August. 

 The dry weather this year must have driven this bird to the coast. 

 They were here in small flocks on the beach, in poor plumage. Common 

 on all the Gulf waters and on the Alice and Thomson Rivers, Central 

 District of Queensland. 



Platycercus nigrescens (Campbell Parrakeet). — December, Sea- 

 view Range. 



Platycercus pallidiceps (Pale-headed Parrakeet).— November, 

 Herbert River. One pair seen. This is not an east coast bird ; only 

 a casual visitor to the Card well district. Common at Chinchilla and 

 on some of the western rivers — namely, the Alice, near Barcaldine, 

 and at Springsure, Central District. 



Trichoglossus nov^-holeandi^ (Blue-bellied Lorikeet). — August. 



Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus (Scaly-breasted Lorikeet). — 

 August. 



Tricitoglossus pusillus (Little Lorikeet). — August, in flocks, at 

 Cardwell, feeding on the blossoms of bloodwood and tea-tree. 



Cyclopsittacus maccoyi (Blue-faced Lorilet). — Cardwell, feeding 

 on small fig-trees, edge of scrub, September. 



Ptilopus swainsoni (Red-crowned Fruit-Pigeon). — September. 



Ptilopus superba (Purple-crowned Fruit-Pigeon). — September, 

 Cowrie's Creek. 



Megaloprepia m.agnifica (Purple-breasted Fruit-Pigeon). — Sep- 

 tember. This is a common bird in all the hill scrubs in the Cardwell 

 and Herbert River district. It makes a small nest of a few sticks in 

 a small tree or bush in the scrubby gullies, and lays usually one white 

 egg. Common in Dalrymple's Gap scrubs. 



CoLUMBA leucomela (White-headed Fruit-Pigeon). — .^oth August. 



Myristicivora spilorrhoa (Nutmeg-Pigeon). — These Pigeons come 

 to the Cardwell district about the middle of September. All the 

 islands in Rockingham Bay have a fair share of these birds breeding 

 on them — namely, Brook, Barnard, Dunk, and Little Mangrove 

 Island in Hinchinbrook Channel. Up the Herbert, Murray, TuUy, 

 and all the rivers that empty into Rockingham Bay, these birds fly 

 for feeding purposes, as far as the top of the Coast Range scrubs. 

 On the River Murray, in January, they were in thousands, flying 

 between the islands and the scrubs in the mountains in the morning, 

 and returning in the evening. I never found a nest of these birds in 

 the river or mountain scrubs, but on the North Barnard and Hinchin- 

 brook Islands they were in plenty. They break down the high bushes 

 on Brook Island with their weight. Another curious habit this bird 

 has — on the North Barnards I have seen them in scores drinking salt 

 water. These Pigeons are found down the coast of New Guinea as 

 far as the end of Cloudy Bay. Common on Constance Island, off 

 Kerepunee, in February. 



Lophol;emus antarcticus (Topknot-Pigeon). — August, Dal- 

 rymple's Gap scrubs. This Pigeon has a wide range — from the 

 Clarence River, in New South Wales, up the east coast of Australia 

 to Caj>e York. I have shot this bird in Mud Bay, about 2 miles above 

 where Mr. F. L. Jardine lives, 6 miles from Cape York. In the winter 

 months it is common in all the hill scrubs in the Cardwell and Cairns 

 districts, and on the Russell and Mulgrave Rivers in June, July, and 



