142 ASHBY— Birds of Pungonda. 



inside. Mr. Parsons examined a large number of nests; a 

 large proportion were empty, the rest, with one exception, had 

 young. 



The White-browed Babbler was noticed in one place near 

 the Victorian border by Mr. Parsons, but evidently the former 

 is the Babbler of this district. 



Of Pigeons two species were noticed {Ocyphaps lophotes, 

 T. & L.), Crested Pigeon, were very numerous, a few specimens 

 of {Cosmopelia elegans neglecta, Mat.), Brush Bronze-winged 

 Pigeon, were flushed in a large belt of timber on the boundary. 



Both the Stubble Quail (Coturnia; pectoralis, Gld.), and the 

 little (Austroturniw velox, Gld.) Eastern Little Quail, were 

 fairly common. 



Three swallows were noted : the Welcome Swallow, Tree 

 Swallow, and Eastern Black and White Swallow; after dusk 

 the latter entered their holes which had been bored in the 

 railway cutting near the siding, several of both sexes were 

 caught out of the same hole. 



Two species of Tree Creeper were met with in the pines 

 and bull oaks. The Brown Tree Creeper (Neoclima picumna 

 australis, Mat.), and the White-browed Treecreeper 

 {CUmacieris erythrops superciliosa, North). One specimen of 

 the latter was secured near Pungonda, and a pair in the Bull 

 Oaks on the Victorian side of the border. 



i Of Acanthizasi two were represented (Acantliiza pusilla 

 Jiamiltoni, Mat.), Ked-rumped Tit, and A. uropygiaHs, Gld.), 

 Chestnut-rumped Tit, to which of the races that have been 

 given sub-specific rank these should be referred to I cannot 

 say. 



Of the Thickheads Lewinornis rufiventris inornatus, Gld., 

 was common, and a pair of Gfilbertornis gilberti, Gld., was 

 secured. 



The genus Malurus was represented by two species: 

 (Leggeornis lamberti morgani, White), Southern Blue-breasted 

 Wren, and {Malurus melanotus, Gld.), Black-backed Wren, the 

 latter were very numerous on the margins of salt-bush flats, 

 especially where the dense bushes were three or four feet high. 

 In the same bushes that form the favourite haunts of the 

 Black-backed Wren, (Pyrrliolaemus brunneus, Gld.), Redthroat 

 was met with; these birds were as usual exceedingly shy, a 

 great deal of ill spared time was spent in securing three birds 

 of this species. 



Four species of the Hawk family were noted, and Mr. 

 Parsons inspected several nests of the Wedge-tailed Eagle; 

 some contained eggs and others young birds. 



