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DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



decided upon, the lists of such birds as are proposed to be 

 introduced should be submitted to competent judges, both 

 scientific and practical. The sparrows, rabbits, and foxes 

 are terrible examples of indiscriminate and, to put it 

 mildly, hasty and dangerous foreign introductions of this 

 kind. 



There are many other birds which feed both on grain 

 and fruit, but as these are comparatively few in number it 

 has been thought unnecessary to add them to the present 

 list. 



Alphabetical list of the principal indigenous birds which 

 do damage in orchards, farms, vineyards, and gardens in 

 Victoria, those marked * being the most destructive : — 



Common Name. 



Bell Bird 

 *Bower Bird (Satin) 



Bower Bird (Spotted) 

 *Cockatoo (White) 

 ■^Crow (Ha'zel-eyed) 

 *Crow (White-eyed) 



Crow-shrike (Pied) 



Crow-shrike (Sooty) 



Dove (Peaceful) 



Honey-eater (Black) 



Honey-eater (Black-throated)... 



Honey-eater (Blue-faced) 



Honey-eater (Fulvous-fronted) 



Honey-eater (Fuscous) 



Honey-eater (Graceful) 



Honey-eater (Lanceolate) 



Honey-eater (Lewin's) 



Honey-eater (Lunulated) 



Honey-eater (New Holland) ... 



Honey-eater (Painted) 



Honey-eater (Pied) 



Honey -eater (Red-throated) ... 



Honey-eater (Sanguineus) 

 Honey-eater (Short-billed) 

 Honey-eater (Singing) 

 Honey-eater (Spine-billed) 

 Honey-eater (Spiny-cheeked) ... 

 Honey-eater (Sub - crested, or 

 Helmeted) 



Scientific Name. 



Manorhina melanophrys. 



Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. 



Chlamydodera maculata. 



Cacatua galerita. 



Corvus coronoides. 



Corone Australis. 



Strepera graculina. 



Strepera fuliginosa. 



Geopelia tranquilla. 



Myzomela nigra. 



Melithreptus brevirostris. 



Entomyza cyanotis. 



Glyciphila fulvifrons. 



Ptilotis fusca. 



Ptilotis ornata. 



Plectorhyncha lanceolata. 



Ptilotis Lewini. 



Melithreptus lunulatus. 



Meliornis Novas-HoUandiae. 



Entomophila picta. 



Certhionyx leucomelas. 



Entomophila (Conophila) rufogu- 



laris. 

 Myzomela sanguinolenta. 

 Melithreptus brevirostris. 

 Ptilotis vittata. 

 Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris. 

 Acanthogenys rufogularis. 

 Ptilotis cassidix. 



