July, 1931. 
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Red-browed Finch. — This little bird was common in 
the undergrowth. One flew from a nest when it was about 
to be examined. 
Double-barred Finch. — Small flock in Canungra. 
Green Cat Bird. — Seen in the big scrub near the end 
of the tramline. 
Magnificent Rifle Bird. — A pair were seen in the same 
locality as the cat birds. 
Australian Crow. — Seen flying over the camp and also 
about the slaughteryard about a mile from camp. 
Pied Currawong. — Frequently seen and heard. 
Though these birds have been slaughtered as a pest, for 
some years they still seem to be holding their own. 
Pied Butcher Bird. — Frequently seen in the dead 
timber along the creek flats. 
Grey Butcher Bird. — Seen and heard many times in 
the timbered country. 
Black-backed Magpie. — Often seen and heard in the 
open country. A pair at the camp met with a sad end. 
The number of birds recorded, 64, was very fair. A 
few others were seen, but as they were not actually identi- 
fied they were not included in the list. 
Either from the fact of it being too late in the season, 
or rain hanging about, the birds were very quiet. No owls 
or other night birds were heard calling. 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE R.A.O.U. EXCURSION TO 
BIGGENBEN AND CAMP OUT AT FRAZER 
ISLAND, OCTOBER, 1930. 
(Read before the Queensland Naturalists ' Club, 
17th November, 1930.) 
(By Mrs. COMRIE-SMITH.) 
On Friday, 10th October, twenty members of the 
R.A.O.U. left Brisbane for a ten days’ camp-out on Frazer 
Island. 
The first week-end was spent at Biggenden, where the 
Mayor and Council gave us a very good time, though un- 
fortunately the Saturday was wet. On Sunday some of us 
were taken by Mr. L. A. Hall, of Goomeri, in his car to 
Degilbo Creek, which runs at the foot of Biggenden Bluff, 
a huge mass of rock rising straight out of the plain about 
2,000 feet high. 
We left before 6 a.m. and as the car moved slowly 
along the road, the first bird we saw was a blue-winged 
Kookaburra (Dacelo leachi), whose most noticeable dis- 
