. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . a the Pratincole is essentially an inhabitant of the inland and drier portions of thecontinent, its range, according to the late Dr. R. B. Sharpe in the Catalogue of Birdsin the British Museum, extending also to New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Kei Islands, and theMoluccas as far as Celebes, Flores, Java and Borneo. The late Mr. T. H. Bowyer-Bower andMr. E. J. Cairn obtained specimens inland from Derby, North-western Australia; in NovitatesZoologica- Dr. E. Hartert has recorded it from the South Alligator Kiver, in the NorthernTe
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . a the Pratincole is essentially an inhabitant of the inland and drier portions of thecontinent, its range, according to the late Dr. R. B. Sharpe in the Catalogue of Birdsin the British Museum, extending also to New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Kei Islands, and theMoluccas as far as Celebes, Flores, Java and Borneo. The late Mr. T. H. Bowyer-Bower andMr. E. J. Cairn obtained specimens inland from Derby, North-western Australia; in NovitatesZoologica- Dr. E. Hartert has recorded it from the South Alligator Kiver, in the NorthernTerritory; in Queensland Dr. W. Macgillivray and his brother, the late Mr. A. S. Macgillivray,found It breeding near Cloncurry, and there is a specimen in the .Australian Museum Collectionobtained at Cape York by the late Mr. S. White ; another received from Mr. .A. H. Cooper,obtained near the North Kennedy River, also one from the late Mr. A. J. Ewen, procured onKensington Downs Station, in the vicinity of Longreach, Western Central Queensland. 64 254 PRATINCOLE. In New South Wales it does not occur on the coastal side of the l)i\ idint, Ixange, butinhabits the Central and Western J^istricts. Mr. G. lidwards sent a specimen from Tiboo-burra, in the dry north-western portion of the State, and it occurs in similar country inthe adjoining part of South Australia. In October, iSgG, Mr. S. Robinson found it breeding onBuckiinguy Station, near the Macquarie Marshes, in the western Central District, and from the central Western District Ireceived its eggs from the lateMr. W. Liscombe, taken by himnear Wilcannia,in October, south and west Dr. found it breedingin the Broken Hill District, andsouth-east from that city the lateMr. K. II. Bennett obtainednumerous examples, as well asits eggs, near Mossgiel and theLachlan River. In 1S84, in SouthAustralia, it was common inthe neighbourhood of Adelaide,breeding freely at Goodwood andGlenelg. While re
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