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THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The Richmond Park, with an area of about 200 acres, is 

 barely four miles from the General Post-Office, and is situated on 

 the Yarra, being enclosed on three sides by that river. It seems 

 to be more favoured by bird life than other places about the 

 metropolis, such as Albert, Fawkner, and Studley Parks, as the list 

 of birds will show. Possibly the reason is its being a less disturbed 

 retreat, and during my outdoor studies I had good opportunities 

 of observing the birds which came to seek the shelter of that 

 stretch of timber. 



Occasionally persons are to be seen, in spite of the notices and 

 the Game Act, shooting at any birds that come within reach, but 

 from my list it will be seen that very few species are permanent 

 dwellers, the majority being visitors or sojourners during the 

 migrating seasons. 



The following is the list, and a few notes are given on some of 

 the species. The names are from the " Vernacular List " : — 



Circus gouldi 

 Astur approximans 

 Accipiter cirrhocephalus 

 Haliastur sphenurus 

 Elanus axillaris 

 Falco melanogenys 

 F. subniger 

 Hieracidea orientalis 

 Cerchneis cenchroides 

 Ninox boobook 

 Corone australis 

 Strepera graculina ... 

 Grallina picata 

 Collyriocincia harmonica 

 Graucalus melanops 

 Lalage tricolor 

 Petrceca leggii 

 P. phoenicea 

 Malurus cyaneus ... 

 Rhipidura albiscapa 

 R. rufifrons 

 R. tricolor 

 Sisura inquieta 

 Acrocephalus australis 

 Acanthiza pusilla ... 

 A. lineata 



Cinclorhamphus rufescens 

 Ephthianura albifrons 

 Gymnorhina leuconota 

 Cracticus destructor 

 Falcunculus frontatus 



Harrier (Swamp-hawk) 

 Goshawk 

 Sparrowhawk 

 Whistling Eagle 

 Black-shouldered Kite 

 Black-cheeked Falcon 

 Black Falcon 

 Brown Hawk 

 Kestrel 

 Boobook Owl 

 Raven 



Pied Crow-Shrike 

 Magpie Lark 

 Grey Shrike-Thrush 

 Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike 

 White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater 

 Scarlet-breasted Robin 

 Flame-breasted Robin 

 Blue Wren 



White-shafted Fantail 

 Rufous Fantail 

 Black and White Fantail 

 Restless Flycatcher 

 Reed Warbler 

 Brown Tit 

 Striated Tit 

 Rufous Song-Lark 

 White-fronted Chat 

 White-backed Magpie 

 Butcher-bird 

 Yellow-bellied Shrike-Tit 



