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The Queensland Naturalist August, 1938 
heard flying overhead at night. The White-faced Heron 
and two Ibis visit us, particularly when there are plenty 
of grasshoppers and other insects about. The White- 
breasted Sea Eagle can be seen overhead occasionally. 
This may appear strange, but when one remembers that 
this sea-bird follows up the Brisbane River for a consider- 
able distance, and is known above the Enoggera Reservoir, 
his passing over Mt. Coot-tha can be easily accounted for. 
That strange creature, the Pheasant Coucal, can be 
heard booming away on the lower and swampy portions of 
the reserve. He is a non-parasitic Cuckoo, and has no 
fixed migratory movements like the rest of his family. 
The Little Cuckoo Shrike is a rare visitor. The Spotted 
Quail Thrush is at present somewhat of a mystery. This 
year (1937) he appeared in the spring and built his nest, 
a neat little afair in a hollow at the foot of a tree. I have 
previous experience of him in the district, but only of odd 
birds. He is a strikingly-coloured bird, with more of the 
habits of the Quail and the Pipit than the Thrush, and is 
going to be kept under strict observation next time he 
appears in the reserve. The Gray Crowned Babbler has 
been seen, but does not nest in the reserve. It is a 
peculiar fact that over on the Enoggera Rifle Range and 
Ferny Grove side of the range, there are plenty of them, 
and their stick nests are everywhere, but over on the town 
side he is only an occasional visitor. 
That dainty little fello-w, the Double-Bar Finch, is 
not too plentiful at any time in this part of the country. 
He is mostly seen in odd pairs and does not stop long. 
Furthermore, one is always faced with the possibility that 
he may be an escapee from captivity, as many of them 
are trapped and caged every year. 
The reserve at any time is liable to suffer from an 
influx of Currawcngs, who take over control for a while, 
and then disappear as mysteriously as they came, which 
must be a great relief to the other feathered denizens if 
some of those tales we frequently hear about the Curra- 
wong’s evil habits should happen to be true. 
NOMADIC AND MIGRATORY BIRDS 
With the seasonal flowering of the eucalypts and 
other honey-bearing plants come flocks of Lorikeets, of 
which I have identified the Rainbow (“Bluey”), Scaly- 
breast (“Greenie”) and Little (“ Jerryang”). These 
are enthusiastically followed by the various species of 
Honeyeaters. That brilliant little gem, the Scarlet 
Honeyeater, or Blood Bird, as we usually call him, is 
generally looked upon as a harbinger of spring in the 
