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Bird Notes.
By Dr. A.M. Morgan.
The following species were noted on a motor-trip to Renmark
and back on 11th and 13th March, 1928.
On 11th March a
large flock of about 100 Galahs (K.akatoe roseicapilla) were seen
at the Little Para:Between Gawler and Truro.-Peaceful Dove (Geopelia
placida), · Red-backed Parrot (Psephot'U!S haema~onotus).
Laughing
Kookaburra. (Dacelo
gigq,s),
Willie-Wagtail
(Rhipidura. leucophrys)., White.cfronted Chat (Epthianura
albijrons), Eastern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis), Red
Wattle-Bird
(Anthochaera
carunculata),
Noisy Miner
(Myzantha melanocephala), Pipit (Anth1lS australis)', Chestnute1ared Fip.ch . (Taerrpiopygia captanotis), White-back()d Magpie
(Gymnorhina hypoleuca).
Between Truro and Blanchetown.-Black Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax 'carbo), Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo.
melarnoleucus, Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatufi), Whistling Ea!!le
(Haliastur sphenunts), Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena),
Hooded Robin L~fela:nodryas cucullata), Magpie-Lark (Grallina
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cyanoleuca), Chestnut Quail-Thrush (Cinclosoma castanotum),
White-browed Tree-Creeper (Climacteris affinis), Singing Honeyeater (.lvieli{phaga virescens), White-plumed Honeyeater (M.
rpenicillata), Noisy Miner, White-winged Chough (Corcoraxmevanorhamphus), White-backed Magpie.
Between
Blanchetown
and
W aikerie.-Crested
Pigeon
(Ocyphaps lophotes), White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus
superciliosus), Eastern Whiteface, Dusky Wood-Swallow
(Artamus cyanopterus), White-browed Tree-creeper, Blackbacked Magpie (Gymnorhina t1:bicen) 17 miles from Blanche-
town, Whiter-backed Magpie.
Between W aikerie and Renmark.-Peaceful Dove, Crested
Pigeon, Pelican, Silver-Gull (Larus novae-hollandiae), Black: fronted Dotterel (C hamdrius melanops) , Whistling Eagle, Galah,
·Yellow Rosella (Platycercus ftaveolus), Welcome Swallow, Tree,.,Martin (Hylochelidon nigricans), Willie-Wagtail, Black-faced
.Cuckoo-Shrike (Comcina rnovae ... hollandiae), Yellow-tailed
Thornhill (Ac((,nthiza chrysorrhoa) 1 Dusky Wood-Swallow, Whitebrewed Tree-creeper, Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (Melipha.ga
om.ata), White-plumed Honeyeater, Red Wattle-Bird, Spinycheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufoguvaris), Noisy Miner,
Yellow-throated Miner (Myz,antha ftavigula), Pipit, White.yinged Chough, Black-backed Magpie.
Return journey, 13th March, 1928. Between .Renmark and
Kingston-on-Murray.-Pelican, White-faced Heron (No.torphoyx
novae-hollandiaer), Galah, Red-backed Parrot, Welcome Swallow,
·Tree-Martin, Eastern Whiteface, White-plumed Honeyeater, Red
·W!ittle-Bird, Crow (Corvus cecilae) ,.Black-backed Magpie.
Between Kingston and Blanchetown.-Ringneck Parrot
(Barn.ardius b.arnardi), Willie-Wagtail, Whistler (Pachycerphal:a
sp.), Eastern Whiteface, Yellow-tailed Thornhill, Dusky
Wood-Swallow,
White-browed
Tree-crereper,
Yellowplumed Honeyeater, Red Wattle-Bird, Pipit, White-winged
Chough, Black-winged Currawong (Strepera melanoptera),
Black-backed Magpie.
Between Blanch~tpwn ~nd Sedan.-Wedge-tailed Eagle
(Uro.aetus audax), Willie-Wagtail, White-browed Babbler,
Eastern Whiteface,.Brown Tree-creeper (Climacteris picumnus),
Whit~-eared Honeyeater (Meliphaga leucotis) 1 Yellow-plumed
~oney~at(lr, Pipit, prow, White-backed Magpie, 13 miles from
Bh~pchetown.
.
Between Sedan and Mount Pleasant.-Common Bronzewing
(Pharps chalcoptem) 1 Ringneck Parrot, Red-backed Parrot,
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Bird Notes.
Welcop1e ·s,vallow, Willie-Wagtail, Yellow-tailed Thornhill, TJ,"eeJc~eeper sp., Qhes~n':~.:~~f~d Fil}ch, Crow, White-backed Magpie~
By Df. A.M. Mqrga~.
On a triP, to Kangaroo Island from 14th to 22nd April, 1928,
the following speCies were nql;ecl~-On 11th April, between
Ol<welg and Hog ·~ay, KI._:,Petre1; • bla'ck, yellow bill, grey
posteocior-edg~ of wing, two birds only; PujfiWius cameipes~
Fleshy-footed Shearwater?; Arctic SK:ua (Stercorarius parasiticus) ;'dozens 'were seEm; Crested Tern (Sterna bergi·i), Silvei
Gull (Lants novae-hollandiae).
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· From ~5th to 22nd April, at Rocky' Point, K.L-Common
Bronzewing· (Ph(Lp~ chalcopte"ra), Little Black Cormorant
v:·~aZac'r!o~orp.a; !ftl!r), W~~~-br.easted. Cormorant (P. fus:esce'f!S),
PH~d Oor:t'llorant ·(P. van718), Ll'ttle P1ed 'Cormorant (Mtcrocarbo
+n:elanoleucits), · Gannet·· (Sula serrator), Pelican (Peleca:hus
conspicillatus), Crested Tern, Fairy Tern (Sterna Jtereis), Silvecr.'
Gull, Pacific Gull (Gabianus (f)acificus), Pied Oyster-catcher.
(Haematopus ostralegus), Sooty Oyster-catthoc (H. unicolor),
Spur-winged Plover (14bibyx novae-hQl,lqrndiae), Banded Plq;r~r
Zonifer tricolor) , Hooded Dotterel (Charadrius cucuUatus) , Redcapped D'ottei:el {C. ruficapillus), Banqed Stilt (CladorhynchW;
leucocephalU.S), Eastern C~~lew (Numenius cyanopus), Green. shank · (Tn'nq:r neoutaria),' White-faced Heron (Notophoyx
rnovae-hoUandiae), Black 'Swan (Chenopis· atrata), Musk Duck
(Biziura' lobata), · We:dge:.:t~iled· Eagle (Uroaetus audax)',
Whistling ~agle (H!!lfl:rstur sphenurus) dead, Nankeen Ke~trel
(Falco cenchroides)', Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Boobook Owl
(Ninox boobook) ·dead, Welcome Swallow (Hirunilo neoxena),
Gre~ Fantail (Rhipidura flabellifera'), Scarlet Robin (Petroica
multicolor); Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis), Grey'
Shrike·:. Thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Black--faced CuckooShrike (Coraciow. novae-hollanaiae), Little ThOrnhill {Acanthiza
ntma)) Spotted Scrub-Wren (SericorniS maculatus), Shy Ground.:
Wren (Hyla.cola cauta), Superb Blue-Wren '(Ma1urus cyaneus)",
Grey-backed Silvereye (Zosterops halmaturina), Eastern Spinebill · (Acanthorhynchus tenut"rostris) , White-eared Honeyeater
(Meliphapa leucotis~, .Purple-gaped Honeyeater (M. cratitia),
Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera), Red WattleBird (Anthochaera carunculata) , ·Crow (eorvus ceciliae) ,
· Black-winged Currawong (Streperra melanoptera), White-backed.
Magpie (Gymnorhina hyvo~e71;ro). A nuli).ber of small wading
birds were seeh on a spit in 'Pelica'9 ~agoon, but, being without
my• fieid-glasses,"I was unable to identify them.
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