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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) 
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NOTE :—All 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 :— 
Crested Pigeon 
- Notes on habits, ete.; type of country favoured by species; state whether 
rare or abundant :— 
N.Queensland, 
Gulf country. 1910. Frequently met with in the Cloncurry 
and Leichardt River districts, in small flocks of up to 
a dozen birds; in open forest country, near swamps and 
lagoons, and on the Gidgee ridges, 
Very shy birds, when flushed they fly for some distance, 
and usually alight in a tree, 
