MOEGAN—The Birds of KaJlioota. 13 



12. Virago giberrifrons (Grey Teal). Same as last species. 



13. Spatula rhyncJiotis (Australian Shoveller). Same as 

 above. 



14. Malacorhynchus membra naccus (Pink-eared Duck). Same 

 as above. 



15. Mesocarbo ater (Little Black Cormorant). A few soli- 

 tary birds seen flying up and down the creek. 



16. Circus assimilis (Spotted Harrier). Fairly common. 

 Generally hawking over the sandhills, sometimes in pairs, 

 more often singly. A nest was found by Mr. Merryfield in a 

 tall gum tree after our departure. It contained three white 

 eggs. 



17. Circus approximates gouldi (Swamp Hawk). A single 

 individual seen on a saltbush plain. 



IS. Uromtus audace (Wedge-tailed Eagle). Fairly common. 

 A nest found by amusterer on August 21st contained two 

 half-grown young birds. 



19. Haliastur sphenurus (Whistling Eagle). Common 

 everywhere ; many nests seen, mostly in inaccessible gums ; five 

 nests examined varied in height from 60 to 30 feet from the 

 ground; each nest contained two fresh or slightly incubated 

 eggs. The principal food of these birds is rabbits, skeletons 

 of which and casts of their fur were found about every nest. 



20. Milvus korschwi afflnis (Allied Kite). One or a pair 

 were constantly hovering about the station house; not nesting. 



21. Falco hypoleucus (Grey Falcon). A single bird seen 

 in the pine scrub. Mr. Merryfield obtained a clutch of two 

 eggs from a nest in a red gum after our departure. 



22. Rhynchodon perigrinus macropus (Black-cheeked Fal- 

 con). A single bird seen. 



23. Hieracided berigora (Striped Brown Hawk). Common. 

 All the birds seen were the light coloured form, except one, 

 which, from its lameness, I took to be a young bird. Several 

 birds were seen to leave nests, but no eggs .were found. Mr. 

 Merryfield found eggs in September. 



24. CercJuieis cencliroides (Nankeen Kestrel). Common. 

 Birds were seen to leave two hollows, but the birds had not 

 laid by the end of August. Mr. Merryfield found several 

 clutches later, both in hollow gums and in old crows' nests. 



