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A FIEST LIST OF THE BIEDS OF TASMAJST'S 



PENINSCJLA. 



By J. E. McCltmont, M.A. 



The subjoined list is not the work of a scientific oruitholo- 

 gist, but of one who has spent a good many hours iu ambush, 

 an interested observer of the manners and customs of birds. 

 There are a few of those included in the list which are not of 

 common occurrence in the district above designated ; these 

 have been collated with specimens in the Museum, or with 

 Gould's descriptions and plates. The field of observation is 

 within a radius of a mile from the settlement at Koonya, 

 unless otherwise stated in a note. The classification is 

 adopted from " A Systematic List of Tasmanian Birds," by 

 Col. W. V. Legge, E. A., F.L.S. 



ACCIPITEES. 



1. AsTtrn Nov^ HoLLANDi^, Gmelin. "White Goshawk. 

 Two or three seen within the last four years. 



2. Ueo^ttjs audax, Latham. Wedge-tailed Eagle. 



3. Hali^ttjs letjcogaster, Gmelin. Grey-backed Sea Eagle. 

 One seen on the Eastern Coast near Tasman's Arch. 



4. HiERAciDEA Oeientalis, Sclilegel. Brown Hawk, 



5. JSTiNox BooBOOK, Latham. Brown Hawk Owl. (Ewing 



in Tas. Jour. i. 63). 



6. NiNOx MAcuLATA, Vig. and Horsf. Spotted Hawk Owl. 

 Often heard. One was caught in the kitchen of a house, 



liaving flown in. 



PSITTACI. 



7. Calyptorhynchtjs xanthonotijs, Gould. Black Cockatoo. 

 Frequent. Said by the country people to presage rain. 



8. Platycercus flaviventris, Temminck. Yellow-bellied 



Parrakeet. 



9. Pezgportjs FORMOStrs, Latham. Ground Parrakeet. 

 On the downs of native grass on the N.W. side. 



10. Lathamus discolor, 8ha2v. Swift Lorikeet. 



PICAEI^. 



11. CuctTLUs PALLiDTJS, Latham. Pallid Cuckoo. 



12. CuciJLirs flabellipoemis, Latham. Fantailed Cuckoo. 

 12. PoDARGTJS cirviERi, Vig. and Horsf. More Pork. 



About the old buildings, from which it is difiicult to 

 dislodge them, even with sticks and stones. 



