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The Queensland Naturalist September, 1933. 
the outings from the camp all gave one new and entirely 
different fields and work to observe. 
Owing to the high tide, the river end of the outing 
did not offer so much variety as usual, as the banks were 
not uncovered. Cormorants, Curlews and Gulls were, of 
course, in evidence, with a few Bitterns and small waders. 
The bay was given over to a few Cormorants, but at Bribie 
the honey parrots had taken possession and towards even- 
ing flocks of hundreds of scaly breasts and bluies wheeled 
and circled amidst noisy clamour till dusk. None of these 
birds were observed feeding and as a matter of fact no 
tf<?es were noticed in bloom. In the trees in which they 
rested from time to time, they appeared to be just frater- 
nising in pairs, whilst others performed acrobatic stunts 
in the leaves and branches. 
During the run up in the launch on the following 
day we had many pleasant surprises, chief of which was 
the abundance of black swans still to be seen along the 
course of the Channel, a conservative estimate of the num- 
ber we saw would be 1,500 and in view of the reports that 
reach us from time to time of the wanton destruction of 
these birds on the bay and rivers, one is glad to know 
that they are holding their own. Numbers of white ibis 
were also seen and each bank that we passed had its quota 
of cormorants, curlews, whimbrels, godwits, stints and 
dotterels. Several sea eagles, whistling eagles and wedge 
tails were seen and two larg nests, presumably of the lat- 
ter, were noticed as we passed. At Galoundra itself, whilst 
there was a good sprinkling of the birds we expected to 
meet, there was nothing outstanding to report, though the 
writer had hoped that the rare ground parrot that Mrs. 
Mayo and himself had flushed on different occasions quite 
recently, would be seen again, but the advent of rain on 
the day set out for this excursion spoiled the hope. A list 
of the birds seen during the whole trip is here appended 
for record purposes. The number and order is taken from 
the R.A.O.IL Check List. 
10 Synoicus australis — Brown Quail. 
30 Geopelia placid a — Peaceful Dove. 
32 Geopelia humeralis — Bar-shouldered Dove. 
99 Phalcrocorax varius — Pied Cormorant. 
100 Microcarl) o melanoleucus — Little Pied Cormorant. 
104 Sula serrator — Australian Gannet. 
106 Pelecanus conspicillatus — Australian Pelican. 
111 Gelochelidon nUotica — Gull Billed Tern. 
112 Hydroprognc caspia — Caspian Tern. 
118 Sterna nereis — Fairy Tern. 
125 Larus novae-hollandiae — Silver Gull. 
133 Lobibyx novae-hollandiae — Spur-winged Plover. 
