YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL 109 
splendid bird-year, 1892, I saw a flock of seven pass 
the Willows on their way to the shallow-water areas 
of Lake Reedy, on March 28th, and on April 2nd 
several were seen on the Lake. There are protected 
waters in the Western District where it is said to 
breed. The only nest I have seen was on the banks 
of the Goulburn, near Wyuna ; it was a flat structure 
of sticks in the fork of a redgum, about 30 feet 
up from the surface of the river which the tree 
overhung. 
PLUMED EGRET 
Mesophoyx intermedia plumifera 
This is a small white Egret with greenish-yellow beak 
and legs and large dorsal train of plumes. It is best 
known as one of the species which are the victims 
of the feminine passion for wearing aigrettes, and 
must be an exceedingly rare visitor to this part of 
the country ; I record it, however, on the strength 
of an example in the National Museum, Melbourne, 
which is described as having been obtained on the 
Barwon River in 1861. 
WHITE EGRET 
Herodias alba syrmatophora 
I CAN best record this large and beautiful White Egret 
as a certain annual visitor to the Barwon River and 
