Part 31 (1/2)

This bird, so, is not by any e is similar in some respects, but has close black scollops on the breast and neck without any spots on the wings This bird also frequents the banks of the Darling and the Murray, but is not so common as Geopelia cuneata I first heard it on the marshes of the Macquarie, but could not see it The fact is that it has the power of throwing its voice to a distance, and I e bird on the plains, and sent a un to shoot it, without success At last, as Mr Huan creek, between the Macquarie and the Darling, we heard the note, and I sent my man Fraser to try onceup into the tree under which ere sittingone of these little doves, and ascertained from the moveh it still fell on our ears as if it had been soe bird upon the plain I have therefore taken upon me to call it the ”Ventriloquist”

103 PEDIONOMUS TORQUATUS, GOULD--The plain Wanderer

This singular bird, in plue and habit so like the Quail, was first discovered on the plains of Adelaide by Mr Gould, where it appeared in considerable numbers in the year 1839-40 It was afterwards procured by a persevering collector in that colony, Mr Strange, who is now in Sydney

Although in s like a Bustard, but has a hind toe which that bird has not We fell in with several in the NW interior, but they were all solitary birds How far therefore we rate northwards h, it is impossible to suppose they would proceed in any other direction The Pedionoht by the dog than shot Its general colour is a light brown, speckled with black like a quail Its neck is white, spotted thickly with black, and has a white iris

104 HEMIPODIUS VARIUS--Varied Quail

This bird is the prettiest of its tribe, and is very common in many of the located parts of south-eastern Australia, but is not a bird of the interior, and was not observed beyond the flats of the Darling, where it was occasionally flushed frorass

105 COTURNIX PECTORALIS--Quail

This bird is very common on the better description of plains in South Australia, and two or three speciress of the Expedition, but it was not seen to the north of Stanley's Range

It is to be observed, indeed, that few quails of any kind were seen in the interior This variety is a very pretty bird, with bright brown plue, mottled like that of the ordinary quail, and is characterized by a black spot on the breast

106 SYNOICUS AUSTRALIS--Swae

Synoicus Australis is a smaller bird than those just described, but the colour of the pluenerally found in round, and frequently in bevies

107 SYNOICUS CHINENSIS

This beautiful little quail is generally found in round It is not a couinea fowl that has just broken the shell It has dark plue on the back and head--a deep purple breast and belly, and a white horse-shoe on the upper part of the neck The fee, speckled black

108 DROMAIUS NOVAE-HOLLANDIAE--The Ees over the whole of the continent, although we did not see any to the north of the Stony Desert A good s at Fort Grey They travel ht to water, as was proved by a pack of thirteen co down to the Depot Creek to drink, that we had seen the evening before more than 12 miles to the north Thosein the distant interior did not differ from the common emu

109 OTIS AUSTRALASIanus--The Bustard

This fine and erectly walking bird is also co frohts of these birds were seen by us thusover our heads at a considerable elevation, as if they intended to be long on the wing I have known this Otis weigh 28lbs Its flesh is dark and varied in shade The flavour is game and the meat is tender

110 LOBIVANELLUS LOBATUS--The wattled Peewit

This bird is most abundant over all south-east Australia, on plains, ht are very like that of our Peewit at hoe It is a pretty bird, with bright yellow eye and a singular wattle co the cheek It is also remarkable for a spur on the shoulder which it uses withwith any crow or hawk

111 EDICNEMUS GRALLARIUS--The southern stone Plover

There are few parts in the located districts of Australia in which this bird is not to be found Its peculiar and h the silence of the desert itself, and wherever rocks occurred near water they were also seen but not in any nu bird at Flood's Creek, but as it was io This bird very land, but there are soe

112 SARCIOPHORUS PECTORALIS--Black-breasted Dottrel

This bird is re fros It takes its name from its black breast

113 EUDROMIAS AUSTRALIS, GOULD--Aust Dottrel

This singular bird like several others of different genera, made its appearance in 1841 suddenly on the plains of Adelaide, see to have coe of the Mangrove swamps and fed round the puddles of water on the plains This bird afforded my friend Mr Torrens, an abundant harvest, as they were nuh some few have visited South Australia every year, they have never appeared in such nue is a reddish broith a dark horseshoe on the breast It has a full eye, and runs very fast along the ground, Mr

Browne and I ust of 1845, going south They were in very large open plains and were very wild