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Vol. XXIV. 
1925 
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BARNARD, Birds of Coomooboolaroo 
in the middle of the night and looked towards the fire, the old black 
would be gnawing away at the leg of a bear or some other dainty. 
The Owls appear to hold* their prey on the perch with one foot, 
and generally drop it if flushed. 1 have seen them with half-eaten 
Ring-tailed Opossums, Brush Opossums, Flying Squirrels and Flying 
Foxes, and once with a Frcgmcuth. I have never seen the Boobook 
Owl with anything though 1 frequently see them in their day camps. 
White Owl (Tyto alba). —Formerly fairly common. 
Masked Owl ( Tyto novx-hollandix) .—One of these birds was 
caught at night at the house on a bird cage in a rat-trap set for 
the purpose. Tame Ring-neck Doves were constantly taken from 
the cage at night by Owls, probably both White Owls and Masked 
Owls, and were finally killed out. 
Blue Mountain Lorikeet (Trichoglossus molaccanus). 
Scaly-brcasted Lorikeet ( Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus). 
These two species are numerous in flowering eucalypts. 
Musk Lorikeet ( Glossopsitta concinna) . — Sometimes comes ii 
large flocks, feeding in flowering trees. 
Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla) . — Numerous in flowering 
eucalypts. 
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funerals). — Not 
much in evidence, but always to be heard about April, when they nest 
in gum trees along the creeks. I believe this is the only species of 
Black Cockatoo, which does not eat seeds, but lives almost entirely 
upon the larva? of beetles. They dig these out by biting off the wood 
with their powerful beaks, and 1 have seen hardwood branches up to 
two inches thick which have been bitten off by them when extracting 
grubs from the centre of the limb. 
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus banka). — Occa¬ 
sionally appears in small flocks, feeding on the seed of bloodwood or 
scented gum, but does not breed here. 
Glossy Black Ccckatco (Calyptorhynchus lathami). — I have not 
seen any for many years. They used to nest in the gum trees along 
the creeks, and were sometimes seen feeding in the Scrubs on belar 
(Casilarina) cones. 
White Cockatoo ( Cacatua galemta). —Always plentiful. They seem 
to feed a good deal on the ground on grass- roots, and small 
flocks may often be seen in the open paddocks near places where the 
grass is quite short. 
Cockatoo Parrot ( Leptolophus hollandicus). —Appeared and nested 
in numbers during the 1902 drought. Still seen occasionally. 
Redwing Parrct (Api'osmictus erythropterus). — A common bird, 
nesting when the wattle is in seed. 
King Parrot ( Aprosmictus scapularis) . — Frequently seen about 
rugged country. 
Pale-headed Rosella ( Platycercus adscitvs). — One of our com¬ 
monest Parrots. 
Paradise Parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus) .— There used to be a 
few odd pairs on the run, but none have been seen since the 1902 
drought. On Fairfield station, 70 miles away, they were plentiful 
about the year 1882, and were then first noted as nesting in termite 
mounds. There are none to be found now, though about three years 
ago it was reported to me that a male bird had been seen; as my infor¬ 
mant was not familiar with the bird, he may have been mistaken. I 
think the severe drought of 1902 and heavy stocking of the country 
were responsible for their disappearance, as very little grass or herb¬ 
age nrcdnced any seed for two or three years about that time. 
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor). —One year these were seen in 
flocks feeding on lerp-scale cn the trees. 
Shell Parrot. ( Melopsittacu* undulatus) .—Appeared during the 1902 
drought. Still seen occasionally. 
Tawnv FrcMrnuHith (Podargus strigoides) .—Fairly common, and is 
quite holding its own. 
