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Family ARDEID^E. 



Notophoyx nov.e-hollandijE ( White-f ronted Heron). 



A few examples of this species were met with. Often a 



single bird would fly away on our approaching a waterhole. 



Nearly all the large holes in the Finke had a bird or two near 



them. 



Myola pacifica (White-necked Heron). 

 A few of these fine birds were found upon the Lindsay- 

 Creek and at Hamilton Bore on our return journey. 



NycticoPvAX caledonicus (Australian Night Heron). 

 This bird was occasionally seen roosting during the day 

 time amongst the thick branches of the red gums ( E . rostrata) 

 growing along the watercourses. A specimen secured is very 

 dark on the back compared with our southern specimens. 



Family ANATID^E. 

 Chenonetta jubata (Wood Duck or Maned Goose). 



This beautiful goose is dispersed over the whole of the 

 country traversed by us, thus is at all permanent waters and 

 large waterholes. We met with one, and sometimes two, 

 birds in the company of ducks and grebes. On some large 

 waterholes on the Lindsay Creek quite large flocks were seen. 



Casarca tadornoides (Mountain Duck). 

 A pair of these birds was seen at Dalhousie Springs, 

 South Australia, and another pair at Memory Bore, also in 

 South Australia. They were very wild, and even the natives 

 were unable to get within gunshot of them. 



Anas superctliosa rogersi (Black Duck). 



These were met with in thousands on the hot springs at 

 T>alhousie. All through the country we met with a few pairs 

 .at every large waterhole. 



Virago gibberifrons (Grey Teal). 



On the large hot mound-springs of Dalhousie these birds 

 were very numerous; they were also in great numbers on 

 many of the large waterholes and springs throughout the 

 country. Numbers of fully-fledged young were amongst flocks 

 of adult birds. 



Spatula rhynchotis (Australian Shoveller). 

 A few of these birds were seen in company with other 

 ducks at Dalhousie hot springs and in the waterholes along 

 the Finke, but they were far more numerous along the 

 Lindsay Creek. 



