QO Ford, Bird Notes from Marong {Bendigo District). [,sf'ju]y 



May 14 and 15. — Calopsittacus novce-hollandicB (Cockatoo-Parrakeets) 



looking for spouts for nesting. 

 ]y[ay 1 2- — Male Pachycephala gutttiralis (Thickhead) seen. 

 June 14. — Pomatovhinus superciliosus (Babblers) mating. 

 June 19. — Petroeca goodenovii and P. leggii about ; plenty of latter ; 



cold, windy day. 

 July 26. — First Cuculus pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo) seen ; August 30, 



second seen ; August 31, third seen ; September i, plenty 



about. 

 August 2.—Corone australis (Raven) sitting, also Gymnorhina tibicen 



and leuconota (Magpies). 

 August 2. — Staganopleura guttata (Spotted-sided Finch) seen. 

 September 2. — Myzantha garrula (Miner's) nest ; three eggs. 

 September 7 . — Ptilotis leucotis (White-eared Honey-eaters) about ; nests 



and young. 

 September 8. — First Cinclorhamphus cruralis (Brown Song-Lark) ; 



September 9, several about. 

 September 9. — Artamus sordidus (Wood-Swallows) about bush ; white 



wing marked. 

 September 9. — AcanthochcBra carunculata (Red Wattle-Bird) about 



bush. 

 September 12. — Cerchneis cenchroides (Kestrel) mating. September 



26, second pair sitting; young left nest 5/12/07. The food 



seems to be mice and grasshoppers, and once I saw a Stubble 



Quail with Hawk ; in another case a Sparrow had been 



killed. 

 September 13. — First Rhipidura albiscapa (White-shafted Fan tail) 



seen ; September 17, second seen. 

 September 16, 21, and 22. — Flocks Artamus personatus (Masked Wood- 

 Swallow) flying high, going south. 

 September 16. — Pair of Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus (Purple- 

 crowned Lorikeet) looking in spouts of trees for nest. 

 September 23. — Graucalus melanops (Summer-Bird, Black-faced 



Cuckoo-Shrike) seen. 

 September 26. — Artamus personatus (Masked Wood-Swallows) at 7.30 



a.m. on trees and stumps, working south. 

 September 26. — Psepliotus hcematorrhous (Blue Bonnet or Bull-oak 



Parrakeet, Crimson-bellied Parrakeet) sitting. 

 September 30. — Ephthianura albifrons (White-fronted Chat), young 



about ; nests with young and eggs ; October 9 and 10, Chats' 



nests, two and three eggs. 

 October 12. — Artamus personatus (Masked Wood-Swallow) in flocks, 



going north. 

 October 14. — Chalcococcysc plagosus (Bronze-Cuckoo) heard. 

 October 17 and 18. — Artamus personatus (Masked Wood-Swallows) 



going north against strong north wind. 

 October i to 18. — Pardalotus assimilis (Pardalote) nesting. 

 October 21, 22, and 23. — Artamus personatus (Masked Wood-Swallow) 



in thousands going south-west, and about paddocks on ground. 



All gone after 23/10/07. 



