310 Camera Craft. [The Emu 



1st April 



marked, the light pinkish hue of the Cuckoo's being most con- 

 spicuous against the sombre colouring of the Pipit's tgg. — M. S. 

 R. SiiAkLAND, R.A.O.U., Hoba'-t. 



Nest of Black Tree-creeper. — In continuation of the descrip- 

 tion of nest of Cliniactcris iiielanota given in The Bimt, ante., p. 

 166, Mr. McLennan has sent me a i)hoto., which api)ears in this 

 issue, and some further notes, from which I take the following 

 description of what appears a typical nest. 



"12/11/21. — A fresh lot of Clituacteyis iiuiauota .seen; one 

 appeared to come from a hollow 40 feet from the ground in a 

 Iiloodwood (Eucalyptus) tree. Watch this tree for about an 

 hour, but the birds had disappeared. Locate them again about 

 200 yards away, watch them for half an hour; no result. Go 

 back and climb to hollow from which I thought the bird had 

 flushed; could not see into it, so broke part of the entrance away. 

 Nest in it all right, apparently finished and ready for eggs ; but 

 I suppose the birds will leave it now. 



"21/11/21.- — Nest of Climactcris nwlaiiola that I found on 

 12/11/21 appears deserted. 



"25/11/21. — Go to where Cliiiiacicris inclaitota had deserted a 

 nest noted 12/11/21. Cut off limb to examine and get descrip- 

 tion. Nest in an upright dead limb, hollow for 3 feet; base of 

 nest four inches of coarse tufts of grass and strips of bark; on 

 top of this four inches of horse manure, some of the balls un- 

 broken (in another nest dingo droppings were used instead. — 

 H.L.W.) ; then the lining or nest jiroper consisting of fine 

 shredded bark, fine .short grass, wallaby fur, cattle hair, a few 

 snake-scales, and a handful almost of small bits of charcoal. En- 

 trance to hollow, 3 inches; dei)th to nest, 12 inches, wiiere the 

 diameter was 4 inches ; base of nest almost destroyed by ter- 

 mites."— Henry L. White. "Belltrees," N.S.W. 5/9/22. 



A Climb to the Nest of the Mistletoe- Bird. —vSydney William 

 Jack.son, age 4'> years, weight Ih stone, climbing a liiualyptus 

 crcbra .sapling to secure a specimen of the Mistletoe [Lorant/ins 

 pcndulus) by the nest of tlie Mistletoe-Bird (Piiaviin hirundiua- 

 ccuni), Belltrees, February, l'>i_' ; it is considered that Mr. 

 Jackson is able to climl) any niaii liis age and weight in Australia. 



Mr. 1). Le vSouef, until recently Hon. General vSecretary 

 R.A.O.U., has a sj)are set of Mathews" line work, "The I>irds of 

 Australia," to dispose of. The first se\en volumes are well 

 bound, the rest unbound ; the latter include (\\t parts of Volume 

 8 and four i)arts of Volume 9. The total cost is £94/10/ — the 

 cost price. The work is still coming out. 



