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notes or general conduct from mainland birds. I found several nests 

 containing eggs. Both nests and eggs were similar to typical ones; 

 No hairy caterpillars were found in these nests, though a hairy larva 

 resembling that of the European tiger-moth {Chelonia caja) simply 

 abounded at tlie time. Bell-Birds were frequently noted on Peron 

 Peninsula in similar haunts. 



Crow. -Crows were plcnlitnl both on Dirk Hartog 

 n llic island a favourite nesting-place was the trellis 



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 and on Pero 



work on platform or even the head-gear of the various windmill 

 In one case the pump rod of the mill was actually working up and 

 down through the structure of the nest. Numerous nests are built 

 in wanyn bushes, and as many as six eggs are laid. At the Ten-mile 

 well a flock generally passed the camp at dusk to roost in a neigh- 

 bouring thicket. These were non-breeding birds One shot from the 



Windmill, showing Crow's Xest on sta£;iii'. 



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