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Halcyon sanctus. Sacred Kingfisher. — Common. Numbers of these 

 birds breed every year in any suitable trees. Five eg:gs is the usual 

 number, with an odd example of six. 



Merops ornatus. Rainbow Bee-eater. — Common. Nestin^j tunnels 

 may be found at odd intervals all round the swamps. 



Lamprococcyx plaRosus. Bronze-Cuckoo. — Common. The principal 

 foster-parent for this Cuckoo is the Yellow-tailed Tit-Warbler 

 ( Gcobasilciis chrysorrlious ) . 



Cuculus pallidus. Pallid Cuckoo. — Common during spring. Foster 

 parents usually selected are Wattle-Birds {Anthochaera carunculata) , 

 Dusky Miner (Myzantlia obscura) , Tawny-crowned Honey -eater [Glycip/iila 

 fulvifrons). White-naped Honey-eater (Mclithrcptus lunulatus), and the 

 Black and White Fantail (Rhipidiira Icttcophrys) . 



Hylochelidon nigricans. Tree-Martin. — Common. Nests may be 

 found in any old hollow trees during the nesting season, but usually 

 quite safe on account of the rotten nature of the limbs. 



Rhipidura leucophrys. Black and White Fantail. — Common. Nests 

 are found as often in paper-bark trees growing in the swamps as 

 among timber on land. 



Seisura inquieta. Restless Flycatcher. — Not so common as the 

 above species. Always nests in trees growing in the swamps. 



Acrocephalus australis. Austi'alian Reed-Warbler. — Rare until the 

 wet years of 1917 and 1918; since then fairly plentiful. Nests among 

 tea-tree and spearwood thickets in swamps. Nests are placed at all 

 heights from one to eight feet above water. Lays three and four eggs 

 in about equal proportion. 



Megalurus gramineus. Little Grass-Bird.— A few pairs breed in 

 bulrush swamp. The nests are always placed in a thick, bushy tea- 

 tree growing among thick bulrushes. Average height of nest above 

 water about one foot. Three or four eggs form a clutch. 



Geobasileus chrysorrhous. Yellow-tailed Tit-Warbler. — Very com- 

 mon. Nests in any and every suitable position, and rears at least two, 

 and often three, broods in a season. Eggs may be found from July 

 to December. Lays three or four eggs usually, five being extremely 

 rare. 



Zosterops gouldi. Green-backed White-eye. — Birds common, nests 

 rather hard to find, on account of the thickets they nest in. Number 

 of eggs three usually, two occasionally, especially in the early part of 

 the season. 



Stigmatops indistincta. Brown Honey-eater. — One or two nests 

 are usually found each season. Two eggs are invariably laid. 



Anthochaera carunculata. Wattle-Bird. — Very common. Numbers 

 of nests are to be found, but are not taken unless containing an egg- 

 of the Pallid Cuckoo. 



Corvus cecilae. Australian Crow. — Common. Build in the tall 

 paper-barks in the swamps. Four eggs is the usual number laid, five 

 only found occasionally. They destroy quite a number of Ducks' eggs 

 every year. 



Cracticus torquatus leucopterus. White-winged Butcher-Bird. — 

 Common. Thi'ee eggs are laid almost as often as four. 



