304 -^^^^^ ^'^^ Notices. [aiS"}""- 



Trip to the Tunnel District, Tasmania. — Mr. P. C. 

 Thompson forwards some interesting notes of birds observed in 

 the above-mentioned locality during October last. He was 

 accompanied by Mr. O. L. Adams, another member of the 

 R.A.O.U. What struck the observers first was the fact that, 

 while birds were hatching in the Launceston district, at the 

 Tunnel very few species were even building. About three dozen 

 species were noted, including the rare endemic Acanthornis 

 magna, or Scrub-Tit, a specimen of which was obtained for 

 museum purposes. 



Noisy Scrub-Bird {Atrichia <:/(7;//c'j-^).— Regarding the 

 original finding of the nest of this species, mentioned in 

 Campbell's "Nests and Eggs," page 1,080, I may state that Mr. 

 J. Hassell, not A. T. Hassell, vi^as in company with Mr. E. A. 

 Hassell when the nest was found. I was shown the locality, and 

 the scrub amongst which the nest was built appears to be a 

 dwarf species of tea-tree (^Melaleuca), which, growing to a height 

 of from 2 to 4 feet, forms comparatively open spaces in 

 the midst of the dense " marlock," or " ma-lock," scrub, that ex- 

 tends over great areas of that district, — TOM Carter. Broome 

 Hill, 27/10/10. 



A Cockatoo's Vocabulary. — A White Cockatoo {Cacatna 

 galerita) in the possession of Mr. J. R, Clayton, Prahran, during 

 a sudden downpour of rain and hail to which it was exposed in 

 the yard, gave voice to the following utterances as fast as an 

 observer could take them down in shorthand. All the time the 

 bird was ducking its crested head and waving outstretched 

 wings: — "Cup of tea, Thyra " ; "Hip, hip, hurra"; "Hullo, 

 Silver"; "Hullo, Thyra"; "Here you are"; "Come on"; 

 " Hullo, old fellow " ; " Hullo, Maggie " ; " Have a drink " ; 

 "Hullo, Cocky"; " Good-bye, Tommy " ; "Hip, hip, hurra"; 

 " Hullo there"; "Do you want a drink, Thyra?" " Hullo, Thyra"; 

 "Pretty Thyra;" "Have a drink"; "Do you want a drink?" 

 " Pretty Cocky "; " Hullo, Cocky " ; " Do you want a Thyra "i " 

 "Hullo, Margo"; " A cup of Thyra "; " Pretty Joey" ; "Hullo"; 

 "Hullo, Tom"; "Maggie"; "Cocky"; "Have a cup of tea, 

 Tom;" "Hullo, Silver;" "Oh dear, oh dear," &c., &c. 



Birds of the Capricorn Islands {Emu, vol. x., p. 195). 

 — The name of the Roseate Tern {Sterna gracilis) was in- 

 advertently omitted from the " draft " list when the list for 

 publication was being compiled. This bird was noticed on 

 North-West Island and at North Reef. Mr. J. W. Mellor 

 writes : — " A bird that the compilers of the list failed to record 

 is the White-fronted Heron {Notophoyx novcE-Jiollandia;). These 

 birds were identified on North-West Island, but were not so 

 plentiful as the Reef-Heron." 



