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be spread downwards to surround the stick till it was arranged 
by the bird's bill. Many Hawks use their wings in this way 
when capturing their prey to prevent its escape. Two sticks out 
of every three brought back would be dropped; but no attempt 
was ever made to recover fallen sticks from the ground, nor 
were any gathered from the ground elsewhere; all were snatched 
from the tree-tops. This species is a rarity in the southern parts 
of Australia, this pair being the first that I have seen in forty 
years. After breakfast Dr. Chenery and I went across the river 
to investigate the scrub along the channel, as we thought it a 
likely place to find the long-lost Charleville Scrub-Wren (Scri- 
cornis tyrannula ), but we were unsuccessful. The type speci¬ 
men was obtained at Charleville many years ago, deposited 
in the Brisbane Museum, and lost, so that no collection now has 
anv specimen of this bird. At the present time it is the only 
Australian bird described from a single specimen. Our search 
was fruitless, and we went from the river to try the country out 
from its western side. At first this consisted of open forest of 
Yapunyah, Gidgee, Mulga, and Eremophila Mitchelli. The two 
Friar-birds previously mentioned, Miners, Greenies, and Peaceful 
Doves were numerous; Brown Tree-creepers and Brown Fly¬ 
catchers (Jacky Winters) were common. We passed on to a 
gravelly ridge covered with Mulga and Gidgee scrub with a thick 
underbrush of flowering shrubs. There was also a considerable 
amount of dead timber lying about. We noted here the Little, 
the Chestnut-tailed and the Yellow-tailed Thornhills. A nest of 
the last species containing three fresh eggs of the Tit with one 
of the Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo was found. We saw here 
the White-browed Tree-creeper (Climacteris supcrciUosa ), the 
Orange-winged Sittella (Ncositta chrysoptera ), the Grey Fantail 
(Rhipidttra flabellifera), and the Black and White Fantail (A 5 . 
Icucophrys). We took for identification the Brown Honeyeater 
(Stigmatops indistincto ), a very lively bird in its movements and 
a beautiful songster. Apostle-birds (Struthidea citierea) were in 
many parties. Red-capped Robins and Rufous Whistlers 
(Pachyccphala rufiyentris) were common. On our way back 
along the river we noted a party of Little Cuckoo-Shrikes (Grau- 
calus robustus). 
After lunch and a rest we went out into the scrub over the 
river, passing first through a belt of open forest of Pines, Mulga, 
and fine tall Moreton .Bay Ashes. In an Ash tree a Whistling 
Eagle had its nest at a safe height. In the scrub we noted Little 
Thornhills (Acanthiza nana); a pair were working at a half- 
finished nest in an Eremophila Mitchelli; Red-winged and Ring- 
neck Parrots, Yellow-throated and Noisy Friar-birds, Noisv 
Miners, Brown Flycatchers, and Willy-Wagtails. Greenies were 
numerous, and as usual were bullying every other bird of their 
own or smaller size. A pair of Orange-winged Sittellas were 
