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BIRDS OF THE CENTR A I. PART OF QUEENSLAND. 



Ptilorhis paraclisea, Swain. The Rifle Bird. I did not 

 myself observe this bird in the district, but one was shot 

 behind the Berserkers at the head of Moore's Creek. 



Creepers — Climacteris scandens, Temm. The Brown Creeper. 

 Common in the valley of the Filzroy. 



Climacteris erytltrops, Gld. The Red-eyebrowed Tree Creeper. 



Climacteris leucopJuea, Lath. The White - throated Tree 

 Creeper. 



Sittella leucocephalo, Gld. The White headed Sitella. Tn the 

 Morinish S-rub, Rockhampton. &c. 



Cuckoos — Cacomantis pallida, Lath. The Pallid Cuckoo. I saw 

 this bird at Morinish, Rockhampton, in August, and shot 

 a specimen at Wealwandangie, Springsure, on the 14th 

 October. 



Cocomantis flabelliformis, Lath. The Fan-tailed Cuckoo. I 

 shot a specimen of this cuckoo in the Berserkers in July. 



Chalcites plagosuSj Lath. This Bronze-Cuckoo I observed at 

 Springsure during the latter end of October. 



Scythrops novce-hollandtce, Lath. The Channel Bird. This 

 bird occurred at Springsure (October), and at Barcaldine 

 (November). I have never before heard its characteristic 

 call so far west as is the latter locality. 



Eudynamis cyanocephala, Lath. Flinders' Cuckoo. Sunny 

 spots on the Berserkers in July. 



Centropm phasianus, Lath. The Swamp Pheasant. In long 

 grassy pockets along the valley of the Fitzroy, but not 

 observed either at Springsure or Barcaldine. 



Parrots, &c. — Cacatua galcrita, Lath. White Cockatoo. Oc- 

 curred everywhere, 



Eolophus roseicapillus, Vieill. The Galah. Barcaldine seems 

 to be almost the eastern limit of the range of this bird in 

 the district. It is common there, occurring as soon as 

 one lias passed two or three miles beyond the ** Divide." 



