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Mr. G. D. Stead,



at present forbids, as I wish to deal mainly here with the kinds of

Australian birds that were to be seen on this one occasion.


Among the exotic birds were gaudy Macaws from South

America, the remarkable Kagu (Cagou) from New Caledonia, won¬

derful weavers of several species, the beautiful shining starlings

from Africa, Californian quail (including a clutch of 10 young), and

many others.


It is the birds of Australia that claim our attention, however,

and as most of the species represented had never before been seen at

close quarters in the living state by many of those present, I here

append a full list, as at the date mentioned above :—

Grain-Eating Birds.



Brown Quail.


Nth’n. Territory Quail(Green egg).

Peaceful Dove.


Diamond or Red-eyed Dove.


Little Green Pigeon.


Bronzewing Pigeon.


Spinifex Pigeon (Sp.)


Squatter or Partridge Pigeon.

Blue Mountain Parrot.


Galah.


Crimson Parrot.


Moreton Bay Rosella.


Stanley Rosella.


Blue Bonnet Parrot.

Many-coloured Parrot.


Crimson Wing Parrot.


Budgerigar.


Budgerigar (Yellow var.)



Diamond Sparrow

Fire-tailed Finch.


Zebra Finch.


Plum-head Finch.


Redhead.


Gouldian, or Painted Finch.

Picturella.


Masked Finch.


Blood Finch.


Blackthroat.


Red-billed, Long - tailed Grass

Finch.


Yellow-billed, Long-tailed Grass

Finch.


Chestnut Finch.


Black-rumpedDouble-bar Finch.

White-rumped Double-bar Finch


Yellow-rumped Finch (N. Terri¬

tory).



Insectivorous, Frugivorous, and other Birds.



Common Seagull or Silver Gull.

Spurwing Plover.


Plain (Black-breasted) Plover.

Southern Stone Plover.

Australian Roller, or Dollar Bird.



Coach-whip Bird.


Pitta.


Mountain Thrush.

White-fronted Chat.


Superb Warbler (Blue Wren).



