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THE USEFUL BIRDS 



less than half this size. The habitat is the dry part of New 

 South Wales and South Australia, from whence it makes its 

 way into the most north-westerly portion of Victoria. The 

 general habits of this species assimilate with those of the 



White-winged Chough. 



Babblers and Chough (Pomatorhinus and Corcorax), while, of 

 the three, it is at times the most noisy. Three or four, or 

 even a dozen, associate in the branches of the trees, and 

 quickly passing from hmb to limb, with expanded wings and 



