THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
this up for a considerable time, sitting on different trees not very far apart. The 
double whistle referred to is a sort of faint reflection of the English Cuckoo, and is 
very plaintive, apparently dropping a minor third : it is often continued for a 
long time, with a short interval between each call.” In answer to my queries 
he wrote : “I believe that the bulk of the Cuckoos which leave Tasmania in 
the autumn, winter in New South Wales and Queensland. Individuals of both 
C. pallidus and the present species remain with us through the winter, both on 
this north-west coast and in the neighbourhood of Launceston, although the 
majority, of course, leave for the mainland. My friend Mr. H. C. Thompson 
heard one calling on 19th May, 1912, in the district of Launceston, Northern 
Tasmania : this is very late to hear their notes. I have often noted individuals 
during the winter months, but almost always they are silent at this time.” 
Mr. Tom Carter’s observations read : “ The Fan- tailed Cuckoo was not 
noted in th^ mid-west. It is fairly plentiful about Broome Hill and Albany 
in the south-west, but not nearly so common as pallidus. Their peculiar 
quavering whistling note was usually heard about Broome Hill in July, The 
following dates note first arrivals : July 14, 1908 : July 17, 1910 : July 
17, 1912. An egg of this species was found by me in a nest containing two 
eggs of Calamanthus montanellus (Rock Field-Wren) on Sept. 1, 1910. 
The nest was on scrubby ‘ sand plain.’ Another egg was afterwards brought 
to me in company with a clutch of eggs of C. montanellus ” 
Mr. A. W. Milligan, recording his field observations on the Birds of the 
Margaret River, South-west Australia in the Emu, Vol. II., p. 74, 1902, wrote : 
“ Fan-tailed Cuckoo. These birds were fairly numerous in the karri forests, 
but confined to them. On my first visit (October, 1901) I secured two 
specimens. On my second visit (Xmas, 1901) two young birds were shot. 
The under-surface of the plumage was in colour between chocolate and 
chestnut, and fairly blotched with a darker shade.” 
Mr. H. L. White’s List of Foster-parents for the Fan-tailed Cuckoo {Emu, 
Vol. XIV., p. 148, 1915), reads : “ Petroica multicolor, Whiteornis goodenovii, 
Amaurodryas vittata, Gerygone olivacea, Wilsonavis fusca, Rhipidura flahellifera, 
Leucocirca tricolor, Lalage tricolor, Pycnoptilus fioccosus, Hylacola cauta, 
Calamanthus fuUginosus, Epthianura albifrons, Origma solitaria, Chthonicola 
sagittata, Acanthiza nana, A. pusilla, Geobasileus chrysorrhous, N eosericornis 
lathami, Sericornis longirostris, S. magnirostris, Tasmanornis humilis, Malurus 
cyaneus, Leggeornis lamberti, Ryania melanocephala, Stipiturus malachurus, 
Mytisa striata, Pseudartamus cyanopterus, Pachycephala pectoralis, Lewinornis 
rufiventris, Eopsaltria australis, Neositta leucocephala, Austrodicceum hirimdina- 
ceum, Melithreptus lunatus, M. atricapillus, M. lewinii, M. fasciogularis, Para- 
ptilotis chrysops, Nesoptilotis fiavicollis, N. leucotis, Lophoptilotis leadbeateri. 
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