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Alexander, who were familiar with the bird in its type locality, Bris¬ 
bane, were quite satisfied that the birds seen at Yeppoon were of 
this species. There seems every reason to suppose that the bird 
common in the mangroves about Mackay is identical, though Mr. 
Mathews has referred it to G , cairnsensis on one page (“Birds of 
Australia/’ VIII., p. 149) and to G. mouki on another page (ibid, p. 
165). 
Gerygone flavida. Fairy Warbler. — This northern species was 
observed in the scrub at Fairy Bower and Olsen’s Caves, near Rock¬ 
hampton, also at Yeppoon and Byfield. [See special article in this 
volume, ante p. 161.] 
Acanthiza nana. Little Thornhill. — This bird was seen near 
Olsen’s Caves, and seemed somewhat different from the form so 
plentiful about Sydney. No doubt it was the race named dawsoniana. 
[See Emu XVIII., page 122.] 
Acanthiza pusilla. Brown Thornhill. — Seen at Byfield by Mr. Chis¬ 
holm feeding what he took to be a young Square-tailed Cuckoo. 
Geobasileus chrysorrhous. Yellowtail Thornhill.—Reported near 
Rockhampton by Messrs. Chaffer and Barker. 
Sericornis frontalis. White-browed Scrub-wren.—Seen at Olsen’s 
Caves and at Byfield. In the latter locality they were often heard in 
the undergrowth. 
Sericornis magnirostris. Large-billed Scrub-wren. — Observed and 
heard in the scrub at Byfield. One nest was found. 
Megalurus galactotes. Tawny Grass-bird.—Rather numerous in 
the long grass and small bushes clothing the hills on North Keppel 
Island. They hopped about in the bushes uttering a loud double 
chirping alarm note or flew from one bush to another just above the 
level of the grass. The head is orange brown with dark streaks, the 
upper parts rufous also with dark streaks and the tail very long, 
brown, with distinctly pointed feathers. The throat is whitish and 
the under parts grey. At times they rose a short distance into the 
air uttering a chirping grasshopper-like song. 
Cisticola exilis. Fantail Warbler. — Some birds were seen in the 
long grass near the lagoon at the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens. At 
Yeppoon a single bird was singing well in a bush by the roadside 
during a shower of rain and allowed members of the party to 
approach very close before it took flight. Messrs. Chenery and H. 
^A? a i rnarc ^ saw man y * n the higher cleared land above the road. 
Malurus melanocephalus. Orange-back Wren.—These little birds 
were plentiful in nearly all the places we visited, and were often 
seen from the train about the long grass or on railway’ fences. At 
Yeppoon in the bushes along the road by the shore they were parti¬ 
cularly numerous; here a pair with a young family; there two males 
in brightest plumage chasing each other; in another place immature 
brown birds with orange backs quietly moving from bush to bush, 
their warbling was similar to that of the Blue Wren (M. cyaneus) 
of New South Wales and Victoria, and it took members from the 
southern States a little while to get used to discovering that the 
warbling came not from a blue but from a black Wren, the black 
head and neck catching the eye more quickly than the orange back. 
No other species of Malurus was seen. 
Artamus leucorhynchus. White-breasted Wood-Swallow.—Numer- 
ous about Rockhampton. A parent bird was seen feeding young 
School ° Ut °* nes ^ a P a ^ m growing in the grounds of a State 
Artamus hypoleucus. Grey-breasted Wood-Swallow. — Several were 
seen on the road to Olsen’s Caves. 
Artamus minor. Little Wood-Swallow. — Seen occasionally at 
Rockhampton. 
Psophodes olivaceus. Eastern Whipbird.—Heard in the Byfield 
scrubs, but rarely. Similar scrubs in New South Wales would con¬ 
tain a great many of these birds. 
