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no eggs ; and found a nest of White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater 

 (Lalage tricolor), with young, high up in a white gum sapling. 



Yellow White Eyes (Zosterops lutea) were common, and I 

 shot specimens occasionally through the winter up to August 6th, 

 to see if they were breeding, but came upon no indications until 

 February 13th, this year, when I shot a male in some mangroves 

 near the N.W. Cape, with testicles much enlarged. When we 

 were shearing in September, a tame cat brought in a black- 

 fronted Dottrel (^Egialitis melanops), which was breeding, doubt- 

 less, on the adjoining salt-marsh. 



On October 19th a pair, male and female, of the scarce Eed- 

 kneed Dottrel (Erythrogonys cinctus) fell to one discharge of my 

 gun, at an inland creek. They had one or two others with them, 

 doubtless young of the year. The Sandpipers referred to in my 

 last paper (Zool. 1899, p. 142) were kindly identified for me by 

 Mr. Campbell as the Grey-rumped Sandpiper (Heteractitis 

 brevipes). They were common all the summer, especially in 

 November ; on the 2nd I killed eight with one shot, in company 

 with other waders. 



During the prevalence of heavy southerly gales in December, 

 Silver Gulls (Larus nova hollandice) forsook the beach, and were 

 feeding on beetles on the high open country some miles from sea. 

 On December 20th, after some parching east winds, an Oriental 

 Pratincole (Glareola orientalis) settled on the beach near the 

 house. So far, this is the south and west record. 



In January, 1900, a Yellow-billed Albatross (Thalassogeron 

 chlororhynchus) , and, a little earlier, a Giant Petrel (Ossifraga 

 gigantea), were picked up dead on the beach — a long way north 

 for these birds. 



In February last I took a trip towards the N.W. Cape. On 

 the way a very heavy N.E. blow set in, with every indication of a 

 hurricane, but the latter did not arrive. There were numbers of 

 Lesser Frigate Birds (Fregata minor) blown down. A party 

 of eight flew a few feet over my head, making their way north 

 again; unluckily, I had just strapped my gun to buggy ready 

 to move on. There were numbers at sea, and that night by 

 moonlight I saw several flying north, and also the next day. They 

 only occur here when hurricanes are about. Black-cheeked Falcons 

 {Falco melanogenys), too, made their appearance in some numbers, 



