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Birds of Hobart 



By M. S. R. vSHARLAND and S. W. CRANE, M's.R.A.O.U. 



Of the six Australian capital cities none is i)erhaps better 

 than Hobart from an ornitholosjist's point of view. Situated 

 on the banks of the River Derwent, backed bv the diabase 



Country within a five-mile radius of Hobart General Post Office. 



massif of Mount Wellington (4166 ft.) and flanked by well- 

 wooded hills, the city is visited by a large number of birds, its 

 surroundings offering nearly every class of country suitable for 

 them. ]\Iany species frequent the more open country on the 



