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bush in the daytime we heard the angry chirr or alarm note of 
the Long-tailed Cuckoo or recognised its indrawn hiss across the 
swirling ice river. The little Shining Cuckoo would appear less 
common here than at Hokitika, although we heard it occasion¬ 
ally. The Orange-wattled Crow (Lallccas wilsoni) seems to have 
once made its home in this district, and it is still to be rarely 
seen south of the Glacier. Altogether, during the ten days down 
the West Coast, we saw a large number of birds of all kinds. 
Nest and Egg of the Gang-gang Cockatoo 
By FRANK HOWE, C.M.Z.S., Bryson Street, 
Canterbury, Vic. 
In a gully near Tremont in the Dandenong Ranges, on Novem¬ 
ber 11th, 1923, we were watching a pair of Red-browed Tree- 
creepers (Climacteric erythrops ). Suddenly my ear caught the 
well-known harsh, grating notes of the Gang-gang Cockatoo 
((Mllocephalon firnbriatum). I went uphill as fast as the dense 
scrub would allow, and finally located the birds in a tall gum 
tree. The female was clinging to a dead and hollow spout some 
seventy feet up, and was apparently biting round the hole. The 
male, a glorious red-crestecl specimen, was perched quite close 
to the female on the spout itself. I watched them for some time, 
but was disturbed to see three other Gang-gangs feeding on the 
outer branches in the same tree. These latter were grey-crested 
birds, and probably were the immature young of the adult birds 
that were on the spout. I called my companions (Messrs. E. W. 
and H. W. Bunn) to the spot, and we watched the birds for 
some time. This spot was carefully avoided for a few weeks so 
that the birds would not be disturbed. 
After the R.A.O.U. members had returned from Tasmania, 1 
had the pleasure of meeting Messrs. J. Neil McGilp, of South 
Australia, and C. E. Simson, of Casterton, Victoria — both 
earnest workers and keen oologists. I prevailed on them to ac¬ 
company us on an excursion to see some of our rare birds, and 
possibly enjoy being present on a historical occasion — that of 
the taking of the eggs of the strange, though not uncommon 
Gang-gang Cockatoo. The weather was perfect on Saturday, 
November 24th, when we left Canterbury by car for Mitcham, 
some fourteen miles east of Melbourne. In a fine piece of scrub 
were many birds, notably the Speckled Warbler (Chthonicola ), 
the Olive-backed Oriole ( Oriolus ), the Crested Shike-tit 
(Falcunculus), the Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), Bell- 
Magpies (Strepera ), the White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus 
lunatus), and Whistlers ( Pachycephalcr ) ; many were breeding. 
