Hydrochelidon nigricans, Vieill. The Martin ; common at 

 Weal wandangie ; busy building in trees. 



Lagenoplastes arid, Grid. The Fairy Martin ; Fitzroy River, 

 August. 



Bee-eater — Merops ofnatus, Lath. The Bee-eater ; the Ber- 

 serker Mountains, July ; and Springsure, October ; in 

 groups, Fitzroy, in August : common at Barcaldine : 

 breeding November. 



Eurystomus pacificus, Lath. The Dollar Bird : doubtless 

 generally distributed in the district during the summer 

 months. I did not, however, meet with it until October, 

 when I saw it at Springsure : and at Barcaldine, No- 

 vember. 



Kingfishers — Dacelo gigas, Bodd. The Laughing Jackass. 



Dacelo Leachii, Vig. and Hors. Leach's Kingfisher. Both 

 the foregoing " Jackasses " are generally distributed 

 throughout the district, and about equally so. They 

 occur to the west of Barcaldine, and are common. 



Halcyon sanctus, Vig. and Hors. The Sacred Kingfisher : 

 common everywhere in the district, between the coast and 

 Barcaldine, 



Halcyon pyrrhopygius, Gld. The Bed-backed Kingfisher. This 

 is quite the Kingfisher of the interior ; I only saw a single 

 pair at Springsure, but met with it in November at Bar- 

 caldine as a very common bird. 



Halcyon sordidus, Gld. The Sordid Kingfisher : in the man- 

 groves fringing the Fitzroy River at its mouth. 



Halcyon Macleayi, Jar. and Selb. Macleay's Kingfisher. 

 This bird is common in the valley of the Fitzroy, and in the 

 coastal district generally, At Barcaldine it is replaced 

 by H, sanctus and //. pyrrhopygius. 



Alcyone azurea. Lath. The Azure Kingfisher. This beauti- 

 ful bird I found here and there about the scrub-girt 

 tributaries of the Fitzroy ; I did not meet with it either 

 at Springsure or Barcaldine ; and its occurrence in the 

 western district'is a matter of improbability. 



