Vol. XXI. 1 

 1922 J 



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Pallid Cuckoo's Ejcjr in Pipit's Nest.- ( )n December 28th last 

 I found a nest of the I'lj/it {.liifhus australis bistriatus) contain- 

 ing- three eggs, one of which was of the Pallid Cuckoo. Two 

 days afterwards the young of the Pipit had hatched out and 

 the Cuckoo was close upon that stage, but when I visited the nest 

 the following day it had completely disappeared with eggs and 

 young. Gregory Mathews, in his recent work on Australian 



Nest of the Tasmanian Pipit containing l\vo eg.n^ of the Pipit 



and one of the Pallid Cuckoo. 

 Photo, by M. S. R. Sharland, R.A.O.U. 



birds includes Anthus australis in the list of the Pallid Cuckoo's 

 foster parents, but such a thing is rare with the Tasmanian form, 

 A. australis bistriatus. Littler, in his work on Tasmanian birds, 

 has no mention of it, while Mr. Robert Hall and other local 

 ornithologists have no knowledge of previous cases. The intrud- 

 ing egg was considerably larger than those of the rightful owner, 

 and the contrast in the colouring of the two kinds was most 



