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The Queensland Naturalist June 1947 
The return journey through the swamp was accom- 
plished by some of us at a very quick walk, the while we 
waved twigs about our ears in an endeavour to discourage 
the hungry hordes of mosquitoes. I rather suspect the 
birds were observing- us! 
In the patch of scrub at the top of the hill the golden 
whistler, northern yellow robin, blood bird, rufous fantail, 
spangled drongo and mistletoe bird were noted. 
The open forest just beyond the mud flats provided 
observations of the white-eared flycatcher, rufous shrike, 
thrush, varied triJIer and spectacled and leaden fly- 
catchers. The white-eared flycatcher is rather rare, 
although it has previously- been noted by the Club both at 
Xoosa and Stradbroke Island. We had a chase after the 
white-throated tree-creeper wh: se call so strongly suggested 
that of the yellow* robin that only the sight of several birds 
clinging to the trunks of some pine trees in true tree- 
creeper fashion, convinced us. Other voices in the chorus 
were those of the lewin and white-naped honeyeaters, 
rainbow bird, white-throated warblers, the peaceful and 
bar-shouldered doves and the unmistakable descending 
trill of the fantail cuckoo. There was a remarkable absence 
of small birds, our list of 67 not including a single wren 
or thornbill. 
NOTE ON THE MOSQUITO FAUNA OF THE 
NOOSA-TEWANTIN AREA 
By ELIZABETH N. MARKS 
The coastal areas and islands in the vicinity of 
Moreton Bay have a characteristic fauna of mosquitoes to 
which the species encountered in the Noosa-Tewantin area 
belong. 
At Easter, 11)46, Aedes vigilax , the common black 
“bush" mosquito, was a definite nuisance wherever one 
journeyed into the bush. Far more troublesome, however, 
was Aedes funereus when it attacked a party who landed 
on the bank of the Noosa River between Lake Cooroibah 
and Lake Cootharabah. This small black species has a 
more painful bite than vigilax and it was present in enor- 
mous and literally unbearable numbers near its breeding 
