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Emu 



also observed that in nearly all of the areas an old nest or two 

 could be detected on the ground. The old nest was consider- 

 ably flattened down, but the outline could be plainly seen, and 

 I have often regretted that I did not photograph one of these 

 old vacated nests, for they were interesting finds at the time. 

 Nearly all the nests were found on the ground amongst the short 

 mallee shoots and clumps of acacia. In photographing the nests 

 the birds became very tame, and in one instance, whilst standing 

 over the nest with my stereo, camera, the bird allowed me to get 

 my hand to within a few inches of its body. — Herbert A. 

 PuRNELL, R.A.O.U. Geelong (Vic.) 



The Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin {Eopsaltria australis). — On 

 Monday, 19th January, 1920, whilst roaming through the dense 

 scrubs in the quiet gullies near Sherbrooke, in the Dandenong 

 Ranges, we noticed a young Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin 

 {Eopsaltria australis) which had evidently just left its nest to 



Young of Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin on side of sapling. 



PHOTO. BY II. F. F. THOMSON, R.A.O.C. 



sally forth into the great world outside its home. The peculiar 

 brownish-spotted plumage of the immature young offers a 

 singular contrast to the beautiful yellow breast of the adult. 

 This youngster was, of course, fully fledged, and was just able to 

 fly sufficiently well to provide, between attempts to photograph 



