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Eurystomus australis 

 ^Alcyone azurea 

 *Dacelo gigas 



Halcyon sanctus 

 *CucuIus pallidus 

 *Cacomantis flabelliformis 



C. variolosus 

 *Chalcococcyx basalis 

 *C. plagosus 



Trichoglossus novae-hoUandise 

 *Glossopsittacus concinnus 

 *G. porphyrocephalus 



G. pusillus 



Calyptorhynchus funereus 

 *Cacatua galerita 

 *C. roseicapilla 



Calopsittacus novse-hollandige 

 *Platycercus elegans 

 *P. eximius 



Neophema venusta 



Nanodes discolor 

 *Phaps chalcoptera 

 *Coturmx pectoralis 



Synoecus australis 

 *Turnix varia 

 *T. velox 



*Pedionomus torquatus 

 *Hypotaenidia philippinensis 



*Porzana palustris 

 *Porphyrio melanonotus 



Eupodotis australis 

 *Burhinus grallarius 

 *Lobivanellus lobatus 

 *Zonifer tricolor 



Qigialitis melanops 



Hydrochelidon hybrida 



Larus novse-hoilandise 



Geronticus spinicollis 



Threskiornis strictipennis 



Ardea pacifica 

 *A. novse-hollandise 



Herodias alba 



Nycticorax caledonicus 



Botaurus poicilopterus 



Pelicanus conspicillatus 



Phalacrocorax novse-hollandiae 



P. melanoleucus 

 *Podiceps nestor 

 *P. novse-hollandise 



Chenopis atrata 



Anas superciliosa 



Nettion castaneum 



N. gibberifrons 



Spatula rhynchotis 



Biziura lobata 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE NORTHERN 

 TERRITORY. 



A List of the Birds, with the Nests and Eggs, obtained 

 BY Mr. E. Olive on the Katherine River. 



By D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S. 

 {Read he/ore the Field Naturalists' Oluh of Victoria, 8th May, 1899.) 



In the following notes are enumerated the more important birds 

 obtained by Mr. E. Olive when collecting ornithological speci- 

 mens in the Northern Territory during October, November, and 

 December, 1898, and part of January, 1899, for Dr. W. Snowball, 

 Dr. C. Ryan, and myself Mr. Olive's field-notes are appended 

 in brackets. 

 Eurostopus argus. Spotted Nightjar. 



These birds seem to be very plentiful all over N.W. Australia, 

 the open, stony character of much of the country suiting them, 

 as they rarely lay anywhere except on a ridge more or less 



