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App. p. 50 (1849); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. T., 2nd series, p. 1099 
(188G); Seebolun, Geogr. Distr. Charad., p. 283; North, Nests and Eggs 
Austr., p. 310, pi. xvii., tig. 3 (1889). 
A. c? juv. sk., Finke Rivei-. 
B. S' juv. sk., Stevenson Creek. 
C. 2 juv. sk., Stevenson Creek. 
[Four of these bii’ds were seen at Blood’s Creek. One was secured on the 
Finke River and a pair on the Stevenson Creek. They were all immature birds, 
and were wading in the shallow water in quest of small molluscs and aquatic 
insects, which seem to be their favourite food.] 
No. 76. Ardea NOViE-iiOLLANDiiE, Latham. White-fronted Heron. 
Ardea novce-hflllandice, Lath., Ind. Orn., Vol. II., p. 701 (1790); Gould, Bds. 
Austr., pi. 53 (1848); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc., Vol. I., 2nd series, p. 1096 
(1886); North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 318 (1889). 
One adult male, Hermannburg. Common all over Australia. 
[At Davenport Creek the first of these birds was met with. He proved to be 
rather wary, and several attempts were made to secure him as he made his loud 
croaking cry from the high trees near our camp before he was captured. He 
presented no marked difference to those afterwards seen along the Finke River at 
Hermannburg. The nests of these birds were seen on the eucalypt trees near the 
water, and were built of sticks in the usual manner.] 
No. 77. Nycticorax caledonicus, Gmelin. Nankeen Night Heron. 
Ardea caledonica, Gmel., Syst. Nat., p. 626 (1788). 
Nycticorax caledonicus, Gould, Bds. Austr., fob, Vol. VI., pi. 63 (1848); 
Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., App., Vol. II., p. 52 (1849); North, Nests and 
Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 320, pi. xviii., fig. 1 (1889). 
One specimen. 
[Near Idracowra an immature female was obtained. Although a nocturnal 
bird, it appears to be equally sharp-sighted in the bright sunlight, and flew off 
when I was fully forty yards away. Several afterwards seen could not be 
approached within shot. They take shelter during the day in the dense foliage of 
the trees on the margins of the river, and at night seek their food, which consists 
of insects, frog.s, fish, etc.] 
