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THE USEFUL BIRDS 



During the breeding season, which commences at the end of 

 September and ends in January, it confines itself to a very- 

 monotonous, although melodious, cry, the first part of which 

 is quickly repeated and ends in a lower note." 



Oriole. 



Dr. Ramsay, in The Ibis, 1893 volume, writes : — " During 

 the winter months these birds may be found in flocks of from 

 five to twenty in number, feeding upon various cultivated and 

 wild fruits, and often in company with the fruit-eating Magpie 



