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MacGILLIVRAY, S.ir. Queensland. [ ut July' 
(A. tetragonophylla) clothed the hillsides, the latter flowering 
freely. Leaving these hills the road opened out and ran over 
undulating country to the right of the Barrier Range till we 
reached Fowler’s Gap, where we halted for lunch, and noted 
nesting Galahs and a few Bare-eyed Cockatoos along the creek. 
Crossing the creek we were soon away from the main range, and 
for the next eight miles we made our way over ironstone-gravel 
country with a fair covering of herbage, amongst which were 
many flowering plants. Several Australian Dotterels ( Peltohyas 
australis), a few pairs of Orange Chats ( Epthianura aurifrons), 
and the Pipit ( Anthus australis) were flushed. When we reached 
Sandy Creek bore, the country changed, and became more sandy 
with a scanty covering of herbage and occasional stunted Mulgas 
and Hakeas (H. leucoptera) . The big white and yellow com¬ 
posite ( Myriocephalus stuarti) was only coming into bud. We 
soon reached Bancannia Lake, which was full for the first time 
for many years, and presented a fine sight. We were here 
directed to turn off at a dead horse eight miles farther on, where 
we left the northern road and took a north-easterly one. We 
found that caterpillars were numerous, and that much of the 
herbage, especially the New Zealand spinach, was eaten to bare 
stalks. When half-way to Nundora we flushed numbers of 
Whistling Eagles ( Haliastur sphenurus) from the ground, with 
a few Black Kites (Milvus migrans). Birds of both species 
were busily engaged feeding on the caterpillars, which were of 
all sizes, from those just hatched to mature ones burrowing into 
the ground to pupate. The flowering herbage was also attended 
by a small brown moth in great numbers. 
Bare-eyed Cockatoos and Galahs were becoming more num¬ 
erous on the creeks. Soon after leaving Nundora Station we 
came to a gate, in one of the posts of which a pair of Galahs 
had their nesting hollow. Wonnaminta Station was reached 
about an hour after dark when we were cordially welcomed 
by Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Jackson. Next morning we looked 
round the homestead, and noted the fine growth of young red- 
gums around the dams and along the creek to take the place of 
the old trees which were cut out years before to feed the engine 
of a wool-scouring plant. Numbers of Fairy Martins ( Hylocheli - 
don ariel) were busily constructing their spouted mud nests under 
verandahs and sheds. The arrival of a Goshawk sent the lot 
high into the air, where they remained till the unwelcome visitor 
had taken his departure. We were shown the site of the nest 
of a Greenie ( Meliphaga penicillata) in a vine on one of the 
verandahs. The plaster had fallen from part of the pisa wall 
of the house, and a pair of Red-backed Kingfishers ( Halcyon 
pyrrhopygius) had burrowed into the wall and reared a family 
the previous year. Striated Pardalotes had also made use of this 
wall for the same purpose. Advance parties of the migratory 
Wood Swallows ( Artamus supcrciliosus and A. personatus) were 
