Mil hnfian Consifjnmcnt. 201 



7MiH'i lii,-ii. I iiiid llieso ciic-losurcs answer well, Imt I should 

 say tlu\v li;i\-.' \vi);' It'll ccilinij^s six inches I)eluw tiie ylass. 



Dui'iiig 1 !M 2 a |aii-, kindly presented to me by Dr. 

 llopkinsoii, nested in my ont-door aviary at Mitcham. The 

 nest was a Imlky, niitiily, yet substantial dome-sliapcd struc- 

 tui'e, with a smalli>li hole at the side, fixed in the foi'l<,' of a 

 lar-' elder liiisli al a heiylit of 11 feet alxjve tlie gj'ouiid. 

 Three yonny l)irds were duly hatched ont and (lew, but 1 ^\•as 

 away from home at the time and cannot say if they lived 

 long enouyli to fend for themselves, as they disappeared and the 

 parents also died during October. 



The plumay.' of the above nestlings was dark bluish- 

 grey with somewhat indistinct barrings on the under surface 

 of body. 



My Indian Consignment, 



By JMajok G. A. Pebreau, ^\Z.S. 

 {Continued from page 168). 



I find on looking through my list that with the excep- 

 tion of fairly commonly imported birds and those that have 

 been or will ])e mentioned, in " J3irds about the Station " 

 there is little left to say about the birds themselves. 1 

 am told an account of the actual collecting will be acceptable 

 to our members. Whatever the account may be, I am sure 

 that the actual experience would prove so entrancing that he 

 would not be satisfied with a single experience, always pro- 

 vided he did not mind really hard work, and that he did not 

 expect to make the expedition pay. Also, he must be pre- 

 pared for numberless worries and disappointments. I should 

 have a great admiration for the man who foresaw and took 

 precautions against half the worries he would get but I should 

 still more envy his luck if half his precautions proved effect- 

 ive. Perhaps my " halves " are rather exaggerations as 

 naturally unforeseen accidents and disobeyed orders, which may 

 mean so very much, are apt to assume undue proportions and 

 the hundred and one things which have gone all right are taken 

 as a matter of course. 



There really ought to be two to make a good collec- 

 tion, as one should remain at headquarters to look after birds 



