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limb, thus showing her nest. The entrance had been enlarged 

 by these birds with their powerful bills until it looked as though 

 a tomahawk had been at work, and the chips on the ground' 

 seemed to support this theory. Here several Wattle Birds' nests 

 were found ; but we were again too late, as one contained a 

 young bird, and the others were deserted. A Thick-billed 

 Bronze Cuckoo's egg was next found in the nest of the Yellow- 

 tailed Geobasileus. A start was now made on the return to Mr. 

 Raleigh's, and on the way we were rejoined by our absent member, 

 who had been exploring some of the gullies in company with 

 Mr. Raleigh, sen. The homestead was reached at 5.15, and all 

 were invited to a cup of tea, which proved very acceptable. 

 The party now divided, as Mr. Raleigh volunteered to drive as 

 many as the trap would hold to the station ; whilst the others 

 took a much shorter cut across the paddocks. So awkwardly are 

 the roads laid out that the pedestrians reached the station some 

 minutes in advance of the rest, who had to travel about twice 

 the distance. The trip throughout proved a most enjoyable one, 

 the weather being all that could be desired, and all regretted 

 that the time was too short to take more than a flying trip. A 

 list of the birds noted is attached : — Brown Hawk, Nankeen 

 Kestrel, Jardine's Harrier, Welcome Swallow, Sordid Wood 

 Swallow, Great Brown and Sacred Kingfishers, Striated Pardalote, 

 Piping and White-backed Crow Shrikes, Butcher Bird, Pied 

 Grallina, Black-faced Grauculus, White-shouldered Campephaga, 

 Rufus-breasted Thickhead, Harmonious Shrike Thrush, Frontal 

 Shrike Tit, White-shafted and Black Fantails, Scarlet, Yellow- 

 breasted, Hooded, and Red-capped Robins, Superb Warblers, 

 Striated Wren, Acanthisas, White-fronted Ephthianura, Little 

 Chthonicola, Australian Pipit, Red-eyebrowed and Spotted-sided 

 Finches, Oriole, White-eyed Crow, . Chestnut-crowned and 

 Temporal Pomatorhinus ; New Holland, White-cheeked, White- 

 plumed, and Yellow-faced Honey-eaters ; Wattle Birds, Friar 

 Birds, Garrulous Honey-eaters, Brown and White-throated Tree 

 Creepers ; Pallid, Brush and Bronze Cuckoos, White Cockatoos, 

 Pennant's, Rosehill, Warbling, and Musk Parrakeets; Black-breasted 

 Plover, one Slender Teal, and a pair of Southern Stone Plovers. 



G. A. KEARTLAND. 



REPORT OF CONTINGENT OF MR. KEARTLAND'S 

 EXCURSION. 



The party consisted of Messrs. A. J. Campbell, F.L.S., Charles 

 and Tom Brittlebank, and J. Lidgett, the two last named being 

 new members of the Club. 



An early start was made from Dunbar, near Myrniong. A 



