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BIRDS OBSERVED ON BELLENDEN-KER BY MR. BROADBENT, BUT 
NOT OBTAINED. 
LoPHOiCTiNiA isuEA, Old. Square-tailed Kite. Base of Bellenden- 
Ker. 
Dacelo gigas, JBodd. Common Laughing Jackass. Bellenden-Ker, 
to 2,000 feet. 
Tantsipteea SYLVIA, Gld. Eacquet-tailed Kingfisher. " Nest in 
termite nests seen at 1,800 feet ; lay four white eggs, and feed 
their young with termites." — Brocidhent. 
Paedalotus put^ctatus, Temm. Spotted Diamond Bird. On grassy 
spurs from 380 to 1,800 feet on Bellenden-Ker. 
GrEArcALUs MELANOPS, Laili. Black-faced Shrike. Common on 
Mount Barnard at 1,800 feet. 
CoLLUEicii^'CLA HAEMomcA, Old. Piping Shrike Thrush. Bellenden- 
Ker, at 2,000 feet. 
MiCECECA FLAYiGASTEA, Old. Tellow-bellied Elycatcher. Mount 
Barnard, at 1,800 feet. 
Heteeomyias cineeeipeons. Bam. Grrey-fronted Eobin. Common 
on Bellenden-Ker at 4,000 feet. 
EoPSALTEiA arsTEALis, Latli. Yellow Scrub Eobin. Bellenden-Ker, 
at 4,000 feet. 
PsoPHODES CEEPiTANS, V. et H. Coacli-whip Bird. Top of Bellenden- 
Ker. 
Seeicoei^is citeeogtjlaeis, Gld, Yellow- throated Sericorn. Bellenden- 
Ker, at 3,000 feet. 
(Egintha tempoealis. Lath. Eed-browed Einch. Foot of the 
mountain. 
Mtzomela sangtjinolenta, Lath. Blood Bird. Foot of the moun- 
tain. 
ZosTEEOPS cceetjlescefs, Lath. White-eye. Foot of the mountain. 
Climacteeis LErcoPHiEA, Lath. White-throated Tree Creeper. 
Common at 4,000 feet on Bellenden-Ker. 
Cacomaistis TYMBONOMrs, Mull. Northern Cuckoo. Seen at 3,000 
feet. 
Caepophaga noefolciensis, Lath. White-headed pigeon. This was 
seen by Mr. Meston in hundreds on South Peak at 5,000 feet, 
nesting in the tops of tree-ferns. Common in the Mulgrave 
and Eussell Eiver scrubs. 
LoPHAiMTis ANTAECTicrs, 8haw. Topkuot Pigeon. At foot of 
Bellenden-Ker. 
Maceopygia phasianella, Temm. Pheasant Pigeon. Common on 
the mountain up to 3,000 feet. 
The comparative scarcity of birds shown by the preceding lists is 
due, in Mr. Broadbent's opinion, to the absence of the migratory 
birds frequenting the mountain in summer; to the intense cold 
experienced on the higher slopes, driving many of the tenderer kinds 
to the shelter of the gullies at the foot of the mountain ; and to the 
prevalence of rain and cloud during the period of exploration. 
