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they were very shy, extremely wary, and difficult to photograph. 
When these birds came out to the bank (as they rarely did) to 
dress their feathers and dry their wings, their external resem¬ 
blance to Penguins, as they stretched their necks upwards and 
flapped their small wings, was most striking. When the water 
of the lagoon was lapped into little waves by the wind, these birds 
were set bobbing about like corks upon the ruffled surface. 
We encountered a few Gibber-birds ( Ashbyia lovcnsis) f most 
of them upon the river plains. Their resemblance to Ground- 
Larks as they ran over the surface was most marked. They 
were to be sometimes met with along the dry sandy beds of the 
creeks. 
The following list of the aboriginal names of the birds were 
collected by Dr. George Horne, from the Wonker.guru natives: — 
Emu (Werragetti) ; Stubble Quail (Murroonga) ; Crested Pigeon 
(Bullavera) ; Black-tailed Native-hen (Kudna-chiltie) ; Southern 
Stone Curlew (Willoo) ; Red-cap Dotterel (Digi Digellera) ; 
Banded Stilt (Muti Muti) ; Australian Bustard (Caladara) ; 
Glossy Ibis (Mutum-gulla); Australian Crane (Barolgo'o) ; 
Maned Goose (Gowa) ; Plumed Whistling Duck (Chippelie) ; 
Grey Teal (Taralgoo) ; Pink-eared Duck (Towaloo) ; Black 
Duck (Kootangaloo) ; Wedge-tail Eagle (Korrawwrra) ; Nankeen 
Kestrel (Kirrikie) ; Black Swan (Kooti) ; Little Black Cormor¬ 
ant (Waratelli) ; Australian Pelican (Tompungara) ; Many- 
coloured Parrot (Poolan-ko) ; Warbling Grass Parrot (Kuta- 
dura) ; Sacred Kingfisher (Parra-adee turra cullie) ; Red-cap 
Robin (Gimbanibobo) ; and Magpie-Lark (Collo-ballaro). 
BIRDS AT MUNGERANIE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, 
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, MAY AND JUNE, 1922. 
Emu (Dromaius novae-hollandiae ); Peaceful Dove (Geopelia plu - 
cida); Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera ); *Crested Pigeon (Ocyphapfi 
lophotes ); Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventrails ); Hoary- 
headed Grebe ( Podiceps poliocephalus ); Silver Gull (Larus novae- 
hollandiae); Spurwing Plover (Lobibyx novae-hollandiae); Banded 
Plover (Zonifer tricolor ); Red-cap Dotterel (Charadrius ruficapillus ); 
Black-fronted Dotterel (C. melanops ); White-headed Stilt ( Hin\an - 
topus leucocephalus ); Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novae- 
hollandiae); Australian Bustard or Plain Turkey (Eupodotis austra¬ 
lis) ; Brolga or Native Companion (Megalornis rubicunda ); White¬ 
faced Heron (Notophoyx novae-hollandiae ); White-necked Heron 
(Notophoyx pacifica); Black Swan (Chenopis atrata ); Mountain Duck 
(Tadorna tadornoides ); Grey Teal (Virago gibberifrons ); Pink-eared 
Duck (Maldcorhynchus membranaceus ); Black Cormorant ( Phala -» 
crocorax carbo ); Wedge-tail Eagle (Uroaetus audax); Whistling 
Eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); Black (Fork-tail» Kite (Milvus migrans ); 
Square-tail Kite (Lophoictinia isura ); Grey Falcon (Falco hypolcy- 
cus); Brown Hawk (leracidea berigora ); Nankeen Kestrel (Cerchneis 
cenchroides ); Little Corella or Bare-eyed Cockatoo (Cacatua san¬ 
guine a) ; Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla ); Blue-Bonnet (Psephotus 
haematogaster); Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius ); Budgerygah 
(Shell Parrot) (Melopsittacus undidatus ); Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus 
* Skins secured and identified. 
