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Whistling Shrike-Thrush at Window. 



FROM A PHOTO. BY 



A FLETCHER. 



along her arm, and flying down to take butter from her plate. The 

 female is the tamer of the two birds, and will take food from the 

 hand. Food is generally placed on the window-sill, and it is a 

 pretty sight to see a Thrush perched there eating while we are at 

 the table. — (Miss) J. A. Fletcher. Springfield (Tas.), 18/8/15. 



Plain-Wanderer in Captivity. — The Plain-Wanderer {Pcdionomus 

 torquatiis) is now very rare, and is seldom seen in the field by the 

 ornithologist. A friend of mine, who spends almost every spare 

 hour in the field with his dogs, brought me in a female bird, 

 which he had caught while it was being set by a dog. The bird 

 made no attempt to fly, and allowed my friend to pick it up 

 from the ground. Early next morning I arranged to photograph 

 the Plain-Wanderer, and I })laced it in a bo.\ which had a wire- 

 netting front. Having made an opening in the side of the box 

 for the camera lens to fit, I started to get the focus, for the bird 

 would not stand quiet a second : it insisted on running, with head 

 erect, rotmd and round the box. After waiting for a while. I 



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