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the flap was lowered by a stranger, and the eggs and nest 

 were destroyed. 



In the same family, and occupying the same class of 

 country, is the Wedgebill {Sfhenostoma cristatum, Gld.) The 

 call of the Wedgebill is very sweet, and expressed phonetic- 

 ally it would sound like " Kitty-lin-tof." The White-faced 

 Titmouse is a bird very much smaller and without a crest. 



Nest. — Loosely constructed oblong and open nest, made of 

 grasses, and lined with feathers, &c. It may be placed in 

 bushes or such places as under the eaves of verandahs. 



Eggs. — Five to the clutch ; much freckled with reddish- 

 brown on a faint white ground. Length, 0.8 inch ; breadth, 

 0.6 inch. 



GREY JUMPER 



(Apostle-bird), 

 Striitliidea ciiierea, Gld* 



Stra-thid' e-d si-ne're-d. 

 Strouthos, a small bird; eidos, form, appearance; cinerPAis, ashy. 

 Stritthidea cinerea, Gould, " Birds of Australia," fol., vol. iv., pi. 17. 

 Geographical Distribution. — Areas 1, 6, 7. 



Key to the Species. — General colour grey ; wings pale brown, darker 

 on inner webs of quills and centres of wing coverts; tail glossy- 

 black ; lining of wing pale ashy-brown ; iris white ; bill conical. 

 Total length, \2^ inches ; wing, 6 inches. 



Australia has many anomalous birds, among them being the 

 Grey Jumper, of which a single species only is known. The 

 Magpie-Lark, Chough, and Grey Jumper all build large mud 

 nests in the same style of architecture, varying only in size. 

 That of the Chough I found to weigh 9J lbs., the others being 



