CAYLEY’S BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
Coloured plates by NEVILLE W. CAYLEY 
Text by A. S. Le SOUEF, assisted by CHAS. BARRETT, C.M.Z.S. 
With contributions by many Australian Ornithologists 
To be published in parts by ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD., Sydney 
The nomenclature adopted by the R.A.O.U. (‘Official Check List of the Birds 
of Australia”) will be followed, including any changes that may be made by the 
present Check List Committee prior to the publication of the part dealing with the 
species concerned. 
FORM FOR RECORDING FIELD NOTES 
(Numbers as per R.A.O.U. Check List 1913) 
ere weet a el! Name......Ptilinopus..cwing 
NOTE:—AIl replies to the following questions to be based solely on personal observation. 
When this form has been filled in, it should be posted to Mr. NEVILLE W. CAYLEY, 
C/o Messrs. Angus & Robertson Ltd., 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 
1, Vernacular or popular names, stating localities where used :— 
Rose-crowned Fruit-Pigeon 
2. Notes on habits, etc.; type of country favoured by species; state whether 
rare or abundant :— 
N.Territory. 
Liverpool River. 27/1/16. Several birds heard calling 
in the dense growth of low thorny scrub, on Sandy Island 
at the mouth of the river; could only get an occasional 
glimpse of them on the wing. One nest found, 
Fort Bradshaw. 5/2/16. Several birds heard calling in the 
patches of low dense scrub, near the beach, 
Groote Bylandt, 27/5/21, A Single bird seen and shot, in 
the mangroves on a small islet in lior-west Bay, 
6/6/21, <A few birds seen in the low dense scrub, on Low 
sandy Island; a few miles north of Groote Eylandt, 
Groote Bylandt. 16/6/21, A couple of birds noted 
belt of low dense scrub, near the beach on ¢ 
of the island, 
in a 
he west coast 
Call and habits similar to P.swainsoni. 
I am quite sure that this bird occurs at Cape York, N,Q. 
but I have no record of having forwarded & Specimen from 
there for identification, 
