188 RECORDS OP THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



"On the 10th October, 1907, Mr. Bertie Jardine and myself 

 were walking through the dense scrub near Somerset, Cape York, 

 on the lookout for birds' nests, I having my camera ready for use. 

 In a particularly quiet and shady part, Mr. Jar.line pointed out. 

 a nest of Gerygone personaix hanging on some low bushes about 

 three fet from the ground, and placed only eight or nine feet 

 off the track. As is usual with this bird it was hung close by a 

 wasp's nest, and surrounded by a tangle of vines, some of them 

 very prickly. Both the birds' and wasps' nests were deserted, 

 though there were a few of the injects flying around, and we had 

 little difficulty therefore in securing a photograph." 



Gerygone personata, in building its nest close to an occupied 

 wasp's nest, may be regarded as living with comparative safety 

 from human enemies, unless one chooses to disregard what we 

 are tuight in our early school primers — " Do not irritate wasps.' 



