Vo S?2? IV ' ] MacGTLUVRAY, S.W. Queensland . 
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We left Cimnamulla on the 24th, taking the road which ran 
north along the Warrego to Charleville, a distance of 122 miles. 
It passed through interesting forest country, in which we noted 
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Galahs, Cockatiels, and Crimson-wing 
Lories. Choughs and Apostle-birds were in flocks and common. 
Grey-crowned Babblers (Pomatosiomus temporalis ) were first 
seen half-way between Eulo and Hunger ford, on the Paroo, and 
have entirely replaced the White-browed (P. superciliosus) and 
the Chestnut-crowned (JP. ruficeps). Harmonious Thrushes were 
frequently seen and heard. We camped for the night on the 
river bank, which was here clothed with box, bloodwood and 
red-gum, with an under-scrub of tea-tree. Boobook Owls and 
Owlet Nightjars called during the night. The Koala (Native 
Bear), which here finds its western limit, also made itself heard 
frequently. In the morning, Dr. Chenery and T went up and 
down the river, but found little of interest, so we moved on. The 
trees and shrubs became more plentiful and varied and of better 
growth as we travelled north into a region of greater rainfall. 
Nearing Charleville we passed through a scrub of Silver-leafed 
Ironbark ( Eucalyptus mclatiophloia) , in which were many inter¬ 
esting shrubs and a rough tussocky grass (Triodia Mitchell i ), 
which exhaled an agreeable perfume, apparently from the 
leaves, which must be fairly rich in some essential oil. On the 
outskirts of Charleville we passed several tall, graceful, clean¬ 
limbed Eucalypts with dark tesselated butts (E. tesselaris). 
It was Saturday midday when we entered the town and hurried 
to enquire as to a likely camping-place near the town, scrub and 
water being named as essentials. We were recommended to go 
to Ambathala Station, 70 miles out on the Adavale road. We 
decided, however, to retrace our steps and to camp on the 
Warrego for the week-end. We had lunch in the Ironbark scrub 
passed through earlier in the day, and noted the Noisy Friar- 
bird ( Philemon corniculatus) , the Little Friar-bird (P. citreo - 
gularis), Jacky Winter ( Microcca fascinans ), the Little Thorn- 
bill ( Acanthiza nana) f the Brown Weebill ( Smicrornis breviros- 
tris), the Noisy Miner ( Myzantha garrula ), and Greenie ( Meli - 
phaga penicillata ). During the night Boobook Owls and Native 
Bears (Koalas) were heard in the river timbers. We noted here 
Bronzewings, Crested Pigeons and Peaceful Doves. Early in 
the morning a pair of Eastern Shrike-tits were seen searching the 
trees for food. A Square-tailed Kite ( Lophoictinia isura) was 
commencing a nest on a horizontal fork of a tree growing by 
our camp. The bird’s method was to sail slowly over the tree- 
tops till a suitable dry branch was seen; this was swooped upon 
and snatched off with the bird’s claws without stopping, carried 
to the nesting site, and transferred to the bill before alighting, 
when it was arranged on the fork. The bird had great trouble 
with these first sticks of the foundation, as they frequently 
slipped off, and fell to the ground. Sometimes the wings would 
