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Xesiiii,ii Si'usoii. — I']xteii(ls in Sonili Aiisii-alia Troiii Scji- 

 tiMiibei' to Dcccinhcr. 



Nest. — Xo in'^i is iiiiulc. TIkm-i^j^s aw laid on llir hai-c wood 

 oi' \\"o(k1 (lusi of a IkiIIow spout or limb. 



IXU.ys. — \\"liili\ I'our to six in uuiiiIkm-. Di-. Moi-j^aii «ii\('s 

 Till' rollowiiiii' diineiisioiis for ;t clntidi of foni-, taken at \\'irra- 

 bai-a :— No. i, 2-(i0 (• 111. X I'.or) (• /ni. ; Xo. L'. L'-lid c/iii. x L'.O.") 

 (• ill.; Xo. :\. L*-(;o (• ni. x L'.d." c/ni.: Xo. L I'-.K) c/m. x 2.10 



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On -I line L'tilh we droNc lo a walt'i- liojc where l*i<;'iiiy (Jeeso 

 \v<'re said I<)1)('. liiil on arri\'al llii'v ]n'o\-ed to be l->lack-lliroated 

 (ri-ebes. At ibis iijace we saw the only l>ron/>e-wiii,ti' Pi;;(M)n (d' 

 the ii-iji. TIh' only other piincoa seen was the Peaceful I )o\<', a 

 \eiy coiiiiiKni bird, whose mono'tonoiis notes wereheai'd fi-oiu 

 morn till nijihr in all rlasses of connfry. Owls also \v<'re rare. 

 ^^'e heard none of their calls, and the (tnly one s<'en pro\(Ml lo 

 be SpiJ()</l(iii.r (iccJhihi. It seems to me to be (piite worthy of 

 specific distinct ion. 



Finchi's, !^<'iu'rally. were faiily common, but owinji to the 

 oiianrity of standi 11:1; w ater they were much .scattered and not so 

 easily ob.ser\-ed as in a drier season. \Ve saw and collect-i^d the 

 J.,<>n<;-laile(l I-'inch, the Ulack banded I'^inch. the Ki'd-faced 

 I'^inch. and the Ohestnu t-e:ir<Ml Finch. Xeillier the paint<'<l 

 i:oi- the ('rimsoii I'^imli was seen, tliou;^li both are said to 

 be common enough in certain s<'asous. lM])its were fairly 



iinniei<ms on tlr' jtlains. and a Mirafra Avas \ery common 

 ill the loiii;- i;rass; they were quite silent and kejd to 

 (he nras< iniiil disturbed by the ibuii\uy or some one <»n 

 foot. ()iily I wo ipiaillike birds \vere seen. 'IMiey wi're most 

 }>robably a sjiecies of Tiinti.r: but tiioufiii I carefully marked 

 the spots wlieie they settled I failed to'fiush them aji;ain. They 

 ai>|K'ared to 1h' about the size of T. rcjo.r. but much darker in 

 celoiir. ^^'e si'aiclied for a time for l^lie PlK^asanl Coiu-al 

 (('(•nh-fijiiis /i/idsld nils] . but failed to find it. These birds are 

 said to ha\(' been rpiite common in jmst times, but ar<' now very 

 rare; jirobably tiiey have been destroyed by the domeslic cat 

 ^'(tiie wild. 'i'lie sam;' reason is ijiven for th<' disa|)pearance 

 of the local opossum. Kaiiii'ai-oos, or rather wallal)ies. are 



