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Victoria tliat crows just as the wild western bird does. 

 Fresh eggs were observed at Geraldton on Oct. 13th ; and 

 the nest, which was compactly built, was placed at the top 

 of a Banksia some ten feet from the ground. It was mainly 

 formed of light-coloured rootlets with a few heavier sticks 

 to form a binding base. The internal layer was made up of 

 threads from gunny-bags, collected in an adjacent wheat- 

 field. A band of black horsehair encircled the lower part 

 of the cavity of the nest, which was 13 inches broad, with 

 its bowl-diameter 6 inches, and depth 3 inches. The whole 

 depth of the nest was about 9 inches. The three eggs were 

 of the chestnut type so often seen in Victoria. 



26. Orececa cristata. Bell-bird. (HalFs Key, p. 32.) 



I obtained an adult at Katanning on Oct. 4th. Although 

 I spent three days there, I did not hear any note that would 

 correspond to the vernacular name. 



27. EopsALTRiA GEORGiANA. Grey-brcastcd Shrike-Robin. 

 (Hall's Key, p. 33.J 



A, 13. Fledgling sks. 28th and 30th Sept. Tor Bay, 

 Albany. 



C, D. Imm. sks. 29.10.99. Geraldton. 



E, V. Ad. sks. 26th and 28th Sept. Tor Bay, Albany. 



Just as the eastern representative (E. australis) goes 

 rapidly through a series of three changes and more leisurely 

 enters a fourth (adult), so does this form. The young as 

 they leave their nests appear, at first sight, brown, much 

 streaked with white (A and B) ; then, judging by analogy, 

 they quickly get a touch of olive-yellow, next get more 

 yellow while the plumage is becoming greyer (C and D), and 

 finally (next season) don the lighter yellow (E and F) . 



28. Pachycephala occidentalis. Western Thick-head. 

 (Hall's Key, p. 33 ) 



Skins of males Avere procured at Tor Bay and Katanning 

 in the first week of October, and of females at Denmark and 

 Tor Bay within a day or two of the same time. 



I found the nest and eggs of one of the Katanning birds 

 on Oct. 6th in a belt of Melaleuca alongside of the expanding 



