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-32 Fletcher, Birds Observed in Wilmot District, Tas. \_i^"T^\y 



List of Birds Observed in the Wilmot District, 

 North-West Tasmania. 



By (Miss) J. A. Fletcher, Cleveland (Tas.) 



The district is heavily timbered, mountainous, and the winters 

 are long, cold, and very wet. Snowfalls occasionally occur in 

 the township, which is 800 feet above sea level and 26 miles 

 inland. A few miles to the south the altitude of the country 

 rises rapidly, and snow often lies thick for days. 



The above remarks will serve to show the probable reason of 

 the absence of several of Tasmania's common birds. 



Circus gouldi (Swamp-Hawk). — Occasional resident. 



Accipiter cirrhocephalus (Sparrow-Hawk). — PlentifuL 



Astur novce-hollandicB (White Goshawk). — Very rare. 



Uroaetus audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle). — Rare. 



Falco melanogenys (Black-cheeked Falcon). — Fairly comrrion ; nested. 



Hieracidea berigora (Brown Hawk). — Common. 



Ninox maculata (Spotted Owl). — Plentiful. 



Corvus coronoides (Crow).* — Not very common. 



Strepera arguta (Hill Crow-Shrike). — An occasional visitor in autumn. 



Strepera fuliginosa (Sooty Crow-Shrike). — Plentiful. 



Collyriocincla rectirostris (Whistling Shrike-Thrush). — Numerous. 



Graucalus parvirostris (Small-billed Cuckoo-Shrike). — Summer visitant. 



Rhipidura diemenensis (Dusky Fan tail). — Plentiful. 



Myiagra nitida (Satin Flycatcher). — Occasional. 



Petroeca leggii (Scarlet-breasted Robin). — Plentiful. 



Petrceca phcenicea (Flame-breasted Robin). — Plentiful. 



Petroeca rhodinogastra (Pink-breasted Robin). — Plentiful in fern 



gullies. 

 Amaurodryas (Petroeca) vitiata (Dusky Robin). — Numerous. 

 Malurus gouldi (Long-tailed Blue Wren). — Numerous. 

 Geocichla macrorhyncha (Mountain-Thrush). — Becoming rare. 

 Stipiturus malachurus (Emu- Wren). — Rather uncommon. 

 Megalurus gramineus (Grass-Bird). ^ — Uncommon. 

 Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Yellow-rumped Tit). — Common. 

 Acanthiza diemenensis (Tasmanian Tit). — Common. 

 Sericornis humilis (Brown Scrub- Wren). — Rather numerous. 

 Cinclosoma punctatum (Spotted Ground-Bird). — Plentiful. 

 Calamanthus fuliginosus (Striated Field- Wren). — Fairly frequent. 

 Gymnorhina hyperleuca (Lesser White-backed Magpie). 

 Or adieus cinereus (Grey Butcher-Bird). — Plentiful. 

 Zosterops ccerulescens (White-eye). — Common. 

 Acanthorhynchus ienuirostris (Spinebill). — Occasionally seen in summer 



time. 



* This may be the Raven (Corone australis). — Ed. 



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