The Bird-Trappers of the River in a. 



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cares nothing for the common form, would probably be eager 

 to possess an albino bird. 



Strangely enough, at several of the farmhouses where 

 I receivec'. hospitality, and at a boundary-rider's hut here and 

 there Galahs were kept as pets. In some instances, the birds 



\\ hfrc the Parrots Nest. Author at the ncsi of a Galah ; a second 

 nest-holc is seen higher up the trunk and there is a third 

 near tlu- t(i[). 



were caged; but one lady at least showed me a number of 

 t,-ime wild-birds. Several of these arc (jalahs, which are at lib- 

 erty to come and go at will. They are away with the flocks 

 dxiring the greater part of the day. and return to the home- 



