More Australian bird types.



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over the State, the Crested Grebe ( Podiceps cristatus ) being com¬

paratively very rare, the Hoary-headed Grebe (P. nestor), extremely

common in Western New South Wales, as the Black-throated Grebe

(P. novce-hollandice ) is in the eastern parts of the State.


A single representative of the Order Impennes inhabits the seas

of the State—the Little Penguin ( Eudyptula minor). It breeds on

some of the larger islands contiguous to the coast, and may be occa¬

sionally seen in Port Jackson, about Manly, the entrance to Middle

Harbour, and Bradley’s Head.



RED-NAPED LORIKEETS.


Mr. Alfred Thom writes: “ Herewith I send further notes on

my Red-naped Lorikeets.


“ We were sure we heard young ones in the nest, and at last

I looked in and found one dead, only a day or so old, and no others.

There were no remains of other eggs, though the hen had laid one in

a small cage one day when she looked seedy, and was oiled and put

in a very warm place.


“ The cock bites, and one has to be careful in feeding them, as

he goes for you without any fear. They bathed even in the frostiest

weather, generally in the evening, and my aviary gets no sun, so is

very cold. The single hen looks rather unhappy, although she is in

a mixed aviary where she gets plenty of sun, and sees people who

pass in and out of the side door, which interests her.


“ I bathed the foot of the Zebra Finch and put a drop of

camphorated oil on twice, and it seems to have quite cured him.”



MORE AUSTRALIAN BIRD TYPES.*


By THE LATE A. J. NORTH, C.M.Z.S.


The Family Ptilonorhynchidoe is represented by the Satin

Bower-bird ( Ptilonorhynclms violaceus) of the coastal scrubs and

undergrowth of the contiguous mountain ranges, the Regent Bower-

bird ( Sericulus melinus) of the sub-tropical brushes of the north-



* Reprinted from the 'British Association Handbook to New South Wales.’ See

also our First Anzac Number, Avic Mag., January, 1918, p. 91.



