. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . New South Wales, Victoria, SouthAustralia, Central Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania. IrJTV XCEPT the extreme northern parts, the Red-necked Avocet is generally distributed in^-X most suitable situations over the remainder of the Australian Continent; it likewiseoccurs, but in limited numbers, in Tasmania. Although frequenting brackish lagoons and marshes near the coast, it is moreabundantly distributed on the inlandswamps and marshes of the States,and whither it usually resorts forthe purpose of breeding. Thisspecies wa
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . New South Wales, Victoria, SouthAustralia, Central Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania. IrJTV XCEPT the extreme northern parts, the Red-necked Avocet is generally distributed in^-X most suitable situations over the remainder of the Australian Continent; it likewiseoccurs, but in limited numbers, in Tasmania. Although frequenting brackish lagoons and marshes near the coast, it is moreabundantly distributed on the inlandswamps and marshes of the States,and whither it usually resorts forthe purpose of breeding. Thisspecies was at one time fairlynumerous near Melbourne,althoughnot so common as lUinaniopiis leiico-ciflialus, but since the drainage andreclamation of the swampy areas,principally at West Melbourne, themouth of the Yarra River, andbetween .Albert Park and St. Hilda,it may now be sought for in vainnear that tnetropolis. Locally it RED-NECKED AVOCET. ^ ■ was known by bird-nesting boysand youthful sportsmen as the Trumpeter, from its peculiar squeaky toy-trumpet-like notes,. , 295 which it uttered usually during flight. In habits it closely resembles the preceding species,procuring its food, which consists of minute aquatic insects and small Crustacea, with its longupcurved bill, on the muddy margins of shallow waters. In New South Wales, especially during very wet seasons, it is more freely distributedthrouKhout the south-western portions of the State, the late Mr. K. H. Bennett frequentlyprocuring nests and and young at Ivanhoe, Mossgiel, and on Yandembah Station, near theLachlan River. In the Australian Museum Collection are also skins from Coonamble, andfrom the coastal districts of Lake George and Cooma, the latter place being at an altitude of twothousand six hundred and sixty feet. It is extremely rare in the neighbourhood of Sydney ;small Hocks used to visit the swamps at Botany, but I have not heard of any being obtainedor observed since 1887. In igoi Dr. A.
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