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1HUDS OF THE CENTRAL PART OF QUEENSLAND. 



Wood Swallows — Artamus sordidm, Lath. The Wood Swallow. 



This bird occurred in the Upper Fitzroy in August, but 

 was not met with in the western parts of the district. 



Artamus minor, Vieill. The Little Wood Swallow. I met 

 with this in the district as early as the third week in 

 July ; it then occurred during the warmest times of the 

 day, and on the sunny spurs of the Berserker Mountains. 



Artamus cinereus, Vieill. The Grey -breasted Wood Swallow. 

 This bird is not observed by me to occur in the valley of 

 the Fitzroy. It is the Wood Swallow of the western 

 districts, in which it remains to breed. I found a nest 

 with eggs at Wealwandang : e, Springsure, in October ; 

 and found nests with young at Barcaldine in November. 

 T have found that it builds its nest preferably on bottle 

 trees, and on the top of shortly-broken off stumps, near 

 watercourses. 



Artamus personatus, Gld. The Masked Wood Swallow. 



Artamus superciliosus, Gld. The White Eye- browed Wood 

 Swallow. 



The two foregoing Wood Swallows usually occur in company. 

 I met with them both together in August in the Upper 

 Fitzroy, and saw a very large flock of the two species 

 combined at Barcaldine in November. 



Artamus leucopygialis, Gld. The White-rumped Wood Swal- 

 low. This I found about the Upper Fitzroy in August, 

 during which month it was breeding in the large Eucalypt 

 trees overhanging the river. 



Diamond Birds — Pardaloius punctatus, Temm. The Spotted 

 Pardalote. This bird was common along the valley of 

 the Fitzroy and on the Beserkers, but I did not observe 

 it either at Springsure or Barcaldine. 



Pardalotus rubricatus, Gld. This, the Red-lored Pardolote, 

 or Diamond Bird, is somewhat common about Barcaldine, 

 but I did not meet with it nearer the coast ; it seems to 

 be quite one of the birds of the interior. 



