461 



would fly overhead and 



swoop down at times 



, snapping their 



mandibles together 



with 



much force. 









Total length. 



Expanse of wings. 



September 12 



9 



183 mm. 



355 mm. 



September 15 



6 



177 mm. 



352 mm. 



September 18 



6 



186 mm. 



343 mm. 



September 20 



0* 



190 mm. 



369 mm. 



September 24 



6 



177 mm. 



345 mm. 



October 4 



9 



177 mm. 



352 mm. 



Family PRIONOPIDAE. 



COLLURICINCLA, Sp. ( ?) . 



A bird was heard calling on the opposite side of the 

 Cooper to which we were encamped at Cuttapirie Corner. 

 No specimens being taken, it was impossible to say to which 

 species it belonged. 



Grallina cyanoleuca, Latham (Magpie Lark). 



These birds were often met with along the Cooper, and 

 their mud nests seen on the branches of gum trees over- 

 hanging the water. 



Family LANIIDAE. 



Gymnorhina tibicen, Latham (Black-backed Magpie). 



These birds were more numerous than G. hypoleuca, and 

 were found all through the country. The two species were 

 not seen together. Found nesting in October : one nest 

 constructed of fine sticks and neatly lined with brown fibrous 

 rootlets. The eggs, as well as those of the white-backed 

 species, vary very much in colouration. 



Gymnorhina hypoleuca leuconota, Gould 



(White-backed Magpie). 



These birds were observed in twos and threes until the 

 Strzelecki Creek was reached; then they disappeared. 



Oreoica cristata clelandi, Mathews 

 (Southern Crested Bell-Bird). 



I was much surprised not to find these birds more 

 numerous, for much of the country travelled through is 

 similar to that found farther north, where I have met with 

 these birds in great numbers. Once or twice their strange 

 call was heard and a few birds seen. 



Total length. Expanse of wings. 



September 24 $ 220 mm. 343 mm. 



