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Tlie Birds of (Inmhia. 
'I'liis is ;i ilistiiK'lly siiiallfi' liii'il tliaii tin- iMiroiiraii Swil't. ami has an 
aliuiisi s(|iiare tail instcail tlic ilcc|i t'lirk cil' llic ialfer. Tlie geiiei'al folour 
is iiiousL'-ltrowii. with a greoiiisli gloss on tlie back and chest in adult liiids, 
and white cliiii. rump, and thighs. They make large untidy nests of grass, 
feathers, etc., lichl together by mud and saliva, which are fixed singly, or 
l)erhai)s more conunoiily two or three together, to the rafters which support 
the floors of the verandahs of our houses. They are extremely plentiful in 
Bathurst, and to a less extent up country also, and when nesting are hy no 
means desirable partners in one's house, on account of the noise they make 
and the annoying way they have of waking up when the lamps are lighted 
and dashing wildlj* about the room, eventually to fall exhausted into one's 
bath or other inconvenient ])lace. 
TachuniiH parr,,. PALM SWIFT. 
HaiKje. North-east Africa ; Sudan ( II. L.) 
A dull mouse colour above and below with a slight greenish gloss on 
the wings and tail ; the latter very deejily forked. A few are generally to be 
seen at McCarthy Island, where they roost and nest in the numerous Rhun- 
Palms. 
Errata : Page 49, MUSICAPTDAE should read MUSCICAPIDAE, 
Page 49, last line but one Helidtd should read Hijliota. 
The Bare-eyed Cockatoo 
{Gacat {/yninoijis). 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S. 
I have hatl many requests for articles on Parrots and Cock- 
atoos, and as such do not seem easy to procure, I am recalling? a 
few personal recollections, compiling notes, and quoting from 
personal acquaintance with friends' l)irds to fill the gap. 
Description : The general colour of the plumage is 
white ; forehead and lores, sufl'used with red ; most of the 
feathers of head, nape and abdomen, are suffused with rosy-red at 
the base ; the quills and inner webs of tail feathers, pale yellow ; 
under side of tail lightly tinted with yellow ; the naked skin 
round the eye, anil a iiatch below same, blue-grey ; beak, whitish ; 
legs and feet, bluish : ii'ides, dark-brown. Total leiigtli, about 15 
inches, of which the tail measures The sexes, and also the 
young, differ but little from each other, though the latter are much 
smaller till adult. 
Hab. : South, North, an<l North West Australia ; where it 
is mostly found al)out swampy ground, and is shy and somewhat 
difficult to apin-oach, as also are many of its congeners. Tlieir 
