OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA. 



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The charm of the bird is best exhibited when it is grace- 

 fully walking on the green banks of creeks and shallow ponds, 

 where its black and white plumage affords a most agreeable 

 contrast to its surroundings. But the fairy form it then 



Magpie-Larks, male and female. 



presents is lost as the gentle creature leaves the earth for 

 higher realms. Such clumsy flight as it then indulges in 

 would scarcely be expected of so lovely a creature as seen on 

 the ground. Water in creeks and pools generally harbours 



