MORGAN — Birds oil the River Murray. \'?.'. 109 



Both young birds with marked yellow throats. The first 

 measured:— Total length, 27 cm.; spread, 36.5 cm.; wing, 12 

 cm.; tarsus, 2.5 .cm.; bill, 2.5 cm.; sex, ?. Iris, dark grey; 

 bill black; legs and feet, lead colour; inside of mouth, yellow; 

 bare space of face, black. Stomach contents, small beetles. 

 The second measured :— Total length, 27.5 cm.; spread, 41.2a 

 cm. Sex, $. Inside of mouth,; flesh colour; other parts 

 coloured as in the first bird. Stomach contents, yellow and 

 black wasps. 



Antlms australis (Ground Lark).— Seen on the cleared 

 land near Paringa, and on a box flat near Renmark. Not 

 common. 



Taeniopygia castanotis (Chestnut-eared Finch).— Common 

 in and about the settlement at Renmark. 



Gorvus coronoides (Raven).— Seen occasionally throughout 

 the trip. They were .common between Renmark and Morgan 

 on the overland journey. 



Corcora.r melanorhamphus (Chough or Jay). — Seen occa- 

 sionally near the river throughout the trip; also in the big 

 mallee^and box gum flats near Renmark. They were espe- 

 cially numerous on the overland journey to Morgan. They 

 were always in flocks of about a dozen or twenty. 



INTRODUCED BIRDS. 



Sparrows and starlings were fairly plentiful at Renmark, 

 but we were told by the fruit growers that they did very 

 little damage. v 



We saw only two goldfinches, and Mr. Shields informed 

 us that thev were the first he had seen there. 



Birds of the 

 North and North-West of Australia. 



From Notes and Skins made by the late Capt. T. H. 

 Bowyer-Bower. 



By Gregory M. Mathews, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., M.B.O.U.. etc. 



No. 12 



156. Cacomantis fyrrophanus dumetorum. Western Square- 

 tailed Cuckoo. 

 Cuculus dumetorum (Gould), Proc Zool. Soc (Lond.), 1845, 

 p. 19. Port Essington, Northern Territory. 



