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Emit 

 April 



The eggs are different in colour from those of any other Honey- 

 eater I have seen, and approach rather closely to those of 

 Ptezorhynchus goiildi, but are larger and more glossy. Dimensions 

 in inches ; — {a) .93 x .69, {h) .97 x .69. 



Trichoglossus septentrionalis (Northern Blue Mountain 

 Lorikeet). — Clutch, two eggs, taken by H. G. Barnard at Lockerbie, 

 Cape York, North Queensland, 22/10/10, from a hollow spout of 

 a Melaleuca tree. Eggs placed 18 inches from entrance of spout, 

 which was 58 feet from the ground. 



Shape of eggs round oval ; surface of shell rather coarse, pitted 

 and dull. Colour white, but stained by decayed wood. Dimen- 

 sions in inches : — (a) i.o x .84, (b) .96 x .84. 



Halcyon barnardi, Campbell (Barnard Kingfisher). — Clutch, 

 five eggs, taken by H. G. Barnard at Lockerbie, Cape York, North 

 Queensland, 5/11/10, from a hollow scooped out of a termites' 

 nest in a tree, 20 feet from the ground. 



Shape of eggs, round oval ; shell very line and glossy Colour 

 pure or pearly white. Dimensions in inches : — (a) .9 x .84, 

 (b) .9 X .83, (c) .92 X .8, (d) .92 X .8, {e) .9 x .82. 



Stray Feathers. 



Flight of Swifts. — From 11 a.m. to 12 noon a flock of 

 perhaps 1,000 Spine-tailed Swifts {Chcstura caudaciita) were flying 

 overhead to-day, at heights varying from a few yards to 300 yards. 

 They immediately preceded a change in the weather to rain. 

 Should you receive word of this flock from others, it would help 

 to determine their line of flight and rate of progress. — A. Chas. 

 Stone. Prospect, via Sale. 9/2/1 1. 



Nesting Site of Pardalote. — In illustration of the curious 

 position birds will sometimes select for a nesting site, I may 

 mention two instances connected with the little Spotted Pardalote 

 {Pardalotus pnnctatus). At Tobay, W.A., I found a tunnel driven 

 into the sands hardly above high water mark. Indeed, the spray 

 from only a moderately large roller would have washed right into 

 it. The second instance was a tunnel actually driven under a 

 sleeper of the Denmark railway. Both nests contained eggs. — 

 F. L. Whitlock. Young's Siding, D.R. (W.A.) 



Petrceca phcenicea Breeding in Gippsland. — On the 13th of 

 last October, when wandering along a secluded creek in the hilly 

 district of Callignee, I observed a male Flame-breasted Robin 

 feeding his mate. Thinking there must be a nest close at hand, 

 I watched them. The female soon flew to a bank, where I dis- 

 covered her sitting on a clutch of three eggs, which greatly 



