Vol 'i 9 X 2 B IV - ] WOLSTENHOLME —Birds of Camp-Out 247 
Graucalus robustus. Little Cuckoo-shrike.—A small company was 
seen close to camp, and their queer note, in part resembling a fizz, 
was heard. 
Graucalus lineatus. Barred Cuckoo-shrike. — A little flock was in 
the big trees above the scrub at Olsen’s Caves and the fine barring of 
the whole under-plumage well seen. Later some of the party climbed 
the limestone hill and saw the birds again at close range, being level 
with the tree-tops. The pale yellow eye gives them a curious expres¬ 
sion when seen at close quarters. 
Edoliisoma tenuircstris. Great Caterpillar-eater. — The prolonged 
one-note call of this bird was often heard from the forest trees at By- 
field. It was also heard from the trees near the Fitzroy River. The 
bird was not often seen—one had to follow up the call. 
Lalage tricolor. White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater . — \ cry rarely 
seen and only in open country. A pair of birds had a nest near the 
Botanic Gardens at Rockhampton. It appears that when these birds 
reach the more northerly parts of Queensland for the winter season 
the male bird’s plumage is changed for the dull brown of the female. 
He regains the black and white colour just before returning south in 
the spring. ml . . 
Lalage leucomela. Varied Caterpillar-eater. — This species differs 
from the preceding in being a scrub bird. It was in all the scrubs 
we visited, most plentiful at Yeppoon. Here a nest in a low position, 
containing one egg, was found by Mr. W. B. Barnard, but not in time 
to be photographed before we left. The nests of both species are 
about the same size, but the egg of the scrub bird is considerably the 
larger and only one is laid. 
[For pictures of nests and eggs of these birds see Emu XIX., p. 72.] 
Sphecotheres vieilloti. Green Figbird.—This bird was very often 
seen. It is one of the familiar birds of the coastal district of Queens¬ 
land. plentiful in the bush and not minding the precincts of dwellings. 
At Rockhampton thev were numerous in the trees of a street by the 
river, where two birds were seen at a nest—a flimsy structure in a 
small fork of a fig-tree. The male bird is. yellowish-green, breast 
yellow, head dark grey with a conspicuous bright red patch about the 
e^e. The female is brown and resembles the Olive-backed Oriole 
(Oriolus sagittatus) in its under marking. It has not the red facial 
mark of the male bird. One bird was seen with female plumage and 
the red round the eye, apparently an immature male bird. I he cruet 
calls heard were monotonous chirping that might have come from 
domestic chickens. A , , . Ae 
Pomatostomus temporalis. Grey-crowned Babbler. A tew onus 
and one nest were seen near Rockhampton. 
Oreocincla lunulata. Ground-Thrush.—One bird only seen by Mr. 
Chaffer in company with a Byfield resident, who said the bird was 
rare in those parts. It is apparently confined to the seruo-coveied 
Gerygene olivacea. White-throated Warbler.—This pretty little 
singer was observed only here and there and nowhere seemed to be 
as plentiful as in South Queensland or New South Wales. Its song 
also did not seem to he so loud or sustained as it is in more southern 
narts. A nearly completed nest was seen in a fruit tree at Lloyd s 
farm, near the Brolga swamp, at Rockhampton. The birds came quite 
fearlessly to add material whilst members of the party stood a few 
fe Lervgonc cantator. Mangrove Warbler.—This.-species .too, has a 
very pleasing song, but not the stream or cascade of melody ot G. 
olivacea. It is brownish grey in colour and likes the mangroves. It 
was observed among them about the mouths of the creeks both north 
and south of Yeppoon. [See A. H. Chisholm s article on these two 
Gerygones in Emu XVII., p. 150.] The Mangrove Warbler has not 
previously been recorded north of Gympie, but Messrs. Chisholm and 
