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m ay be h e a rd a t one time when too noise is so g re a t th a t no c th e r s o !n d can i L Y
J m e a ! d J u l ! ! ! " “ » » "ft®"® “ ‘»® ho™y-seasoii, which is d u rin g th e months o f May,'
T ! i “ / ! ' J o u rn a l o f an overland expetUtion from Moreton Bay to P o rt Esshmtou ’ D v
L e .ch a rt states th a t “ th e L a u g h in g Jack ass ( f l u e * « , G ! u l d ) Y / e 3 r a ; . S e
G u lf o f C arpentaria is o f a diffe rent species from th a t o f th e easte rn coast “ o f !
! /th n T n ¥™ n™ ! “P®“ » ® ? » !® ® ^ language; b u t th e noise is by no means so ridiculous
as th a t o f p a c e h g ig a s; he is h e a rd before sunrise, aud immediately a fte r sunset like his
rep re sen ta tiv e o f th e ea ste rn coast ; th e la tte r / a s observed as f i r i t h r C ? r L v !d
where th e new one made Ins appearance. The food o f th is Kingfisher is d o u b tk ss s iiila ?
to th a t o f theXlaccfoyiyas The stomachs o f those examined b y Gilbert were tolerablv
m u scu la r, an d containeu th e remains o f Coleopterous and o th er kinds o f insects.”
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” PP“®»® P'»® " f t to lro n from an male b e in g a P o r t Essin g to n specimen len t me bv J i r fim.lrl .„ ua d utol*t pra ir 1o f birds. i
th e male b em g a P o r t Essin g to n specimen len t me by Mr. Gould, an d t h e E i l a i r o n r o t
those rec en tly b ro u g h t home from Cape York b y Messrs Cockerell and Thorpe
descriptions aj,’e from th e same birds. aim a au ip e . Tbe
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