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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.ZS. 
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) 
Tce ele Pe Name... PoLiOLIMNAS... LEUCO PATS cccnencennnunnin 
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 :— 
White-browed Crake 
2. Notes on habits, etc.; type of country favoured by species; state whether 
rare or abundant :— 
N.Queensland. 
Cape York, January, 1912. A single bird flushed from 
the rushes in a Paperbark swamp, it flew up into a tree, 
Claudie River, January,1914. A single bird flushed from 
the rushes at the edge of a Paperbark swamp and perched 
on a small tree out in the swamp. 
Thursday Island, 1920. February 15th; about, 10.pm. I 
caught a bird in one of the wards at the Hospital , it 
was evidently attracted in by the light; the weather was 
exceptionally rough at the time. 
