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lake is large, about 5 miles in diameter, circular in shape, bordered 
with Red-gum, Coolibah and Swamp Acacia. There were very 
few birds on the lake. In the swamp were many Ducks, Water- 
hens, Red-kneed Dotterels, and a few Spoonbills. A pair of 
Spurwing Plover were vociferating loudly overhead as I crossed 
through the swamp to the lake. The gum-trees along the edge 
of the lake, most of them standing in water, contained many 
Galahs’ nests and one pair only of the Bare-eyed Cockatoo, the 
first that we had seen since leaving Bootra Station. Mr. Riddell 
joined me, and we flushed a Winking Owl from her nesting 
hollow in a live Red-gum. The nest—-a large open hollow eight 
feet from the surface of the water — contained three downy young 
about a week old. A Little Falcon was seen flying from the 
lake to the bordering trees. On the following day Dr. Chenery 
and I made a further exploration of the lake and swamp. The 
water was intensely cold at first, but improved as the day wore 
on. We visited the Winking Owl’s nest. The male flushed 
from an Acacia near the nesting tree, and the female from the 
hollow itself. They were immediately attacked by a pair of Little 
Falcons, and did not seem to relish it, as they repeatedly uttered 
calls of distress as the little hawks dived down upon them. The 
Falcons probably had their home in one of the numerous old 
nests in the bordering trees. We went through many miles of 
the swamp; noted many young Water-hens and a few young Teal. 
Red-kneed Dotterels were also nesting. Teal, Grey, Pink-eared, 
Shoveller, White-eyed and Freckled Ducks were fairly common. 
Many old nests of Ducks and Water-hens were found. 
Strings of Straw-necked Ibis kept flying out from the back 
of the swamp to their feeding grounds. The Reed-Warbler and 
Little Grass-bird were seen and heard in the swamp, and several 
Brolgas were in and about the shallower waters. 
After we left this swamp, the country opened out gradually 
into plains intersected by Gidgee creeks. Bremophila Daly ana 
in flower bordered the road for a space, and we ran parallel with 
a creek along whose banks Coolibah and Gidgee were the prin¬ 
cipal trees, with bushes of Cassia and Bremophila well in flower, 
and the spiky Acacia farnesiana as yet in bud. Our radiator 
leaked dry, and we pulled into a creek to get water, disturbing 
four or five Bustards that were feeding amongst some Kochia 
bushes. Nearing the Grey Range we found on the slopes much 
Gidgee, which developed, as we came to the top of the range, into 
a dense low scrub with much herbage on the stony ground. As 
we left the western slopes the Gibber-bird ( Ashhyia iQvensis ) 
was disturbed from the roadside, and the Pipit became common 
again. We pulled in for the night at Stony Gidgee Creek, where 
there was good water. The creek was bordered with Coolibah 
and Gidgee, with Acacia salicina and Bremophila bignoniccflora. 
Dr. Chenery and I went up the creek for a short distance before 
the billy boiled, and noted a Chough on her nest, and an Allied 
Wren ( Malums asshnilis) family, White-browed Babblers, 
