The Emu official organ The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union . emuofficialorgan1319131914roya Year: 1901 Vol. XIII. 1914 1 White, Birds Identified, Lower Murray Excursion. 125 Falco lunulatus. Little Falcon.—They seemed to prefer the high cliffs on the river, where numbers were seen flying or perched on the face of rock. Hieracidea berie;ora. Brown Hawk.—Members of the party reported having seen this bird. Cerchneis cenchroides. Nankeen Kestrel.—These small, familiar Hawks were plentiful, and no doubt nested in the cliff crevices. Ninox boobook. Boobook Owl.—Alth
The Emu official organ The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union . emuofficialorgan1319131914roya Year: 1901 Vol. XIII. 1914 1 White, Birds Identified, Lower Murray Excursion. 125 Falco lunulatus. Little Falcon.—They seemed to prefer the high cliffs on the river, where numbers were seen flying or perched on the face of rock. Hieracidea berie;ora. Brown Hawk.—Members of the party reported having seen this bird. Cerchneis cenchroides. Nankeen Kestrel.—These small, familiar Hawks were plentiful, and no doubt nested in the cliff crevices. Ninox boobook. Boobook Owl.—Although heard at night, did not seem to be plentiful. Glossopsiiia porphyrocephala. Purple-crowned Lorikeet.—Numbers feeding in the flowering mallee. Cacatua ^alerita. White Cockatoo.—Numbers of these fine birds were nesting in the high cliffs rising from the river. The numbers of Cockatoos are decreasing each year, poisoned wheat being responsible for their destruction. Young White Cockatoo at Entrance of Nesting Burrow. FROM A PHOTO. BY A. H. E. MATTINGUEY. Cacatua leadbeateri. Pink Cockatoo.—One or two birds seen. These handsome birds were in thousands on the river twenty years ago. Cacatua roseicapilla. Rose-breasted Cockatoo.—A few birds were obser\'ed during the trip. Calopsitta novce-hollandicv. Cockatoo-Parrot.—Not numerous ; seen only once, and most likelv came in from the back country to
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