August, 1937. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
55 
The Flinders cuckoo, koel, the fantail, pallid and 
bronze cuckoos, and pheasant coucal in season. 
The wedgetail eagle is often seen, also the letter- 
winged kite, crested hawk, and a species of falcon, also 
the grey goshawk, while in the open spaces the kestrel is 
usually hovering around. 
There are also the welcome swallow, tree martin, 
masked wood swallow, sw r ift, cuckoo shrike, dollar bird or 
roller, caterpillar eater, leather-head, soldier bird, san- 
guineous and white-naped honey eaters, and a number of 
others. 
As no complete list has yet been published, I cannot 
here mention a number of probables but yet doubtfuls. 
Marsupials of the Parle . — The number of species of 
these is perhaps somewhat greater than might at first be 
expected. Unfortunately, the large grey kangaroo is no 
longer to be seen there owing to hunting in the past, and 
I am afraid that the graceful whiptail, Macropus parryi, 
is also lacking though not far away, as is certainly the 
wallaroo, which, I believe, was there at one time, though 
I have no definite information on this point. 
Those remaining comprise occasional specimens of M. 
ualabatus, the so-called swamper, though it inhabits hilly 
country in places, and there are parts of the park in which 
it would do quite well. 
M. ruficollis, the red-necked wallaby, is perhaps the 
commonest species now in the grass and brush areas. 
M. dorsalis was formerly very common and is still 
fairly so, and is readily recognised by its dorsal black 
stripe. 
M. thetidis is the common brown wallaby of the 
scrubs. It is reddish about the neck and shoulders, is 
frequently heard but rarely seen. 
Petrogale penicillata, the rock wallaby, exists in fair 
numbers on the cliff tops and rugged faces, where it is 
quite at home and may be seen by patient watchers. 
The rat kangaroo is fairly plentiful, lying in grass 
nests made in thick clumps by day, and when alarmed 
darting off and making for a hollow for safety. It collects 
grass which it manages to carry under its tail, which 
seems to be partly prehensile for this purpose. 
There are two bandicoots recorded, the long-nosed 
Perameles nasuta, and the short-nosed Isoodon obesulus. 
These live on insects, earthworms, etc., while the rat 
kangaroos live on grasses, roots and underground fungi. 
Of the opossums there are the common silver grey 
Trichosurus vulpecula of the forest trees, so greatly in 
demand during the all too frequent open seasons, and un- 
fortunately, at other times also. This is one of our best 
