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Clematis seeds and rabbits' fur. The nest was pear-shaped, 

 with a long entrance tunnel leading into a globular egg cavity. 

 It measured — length 22 cm.; height overall, 17 cm.; length of 

 cavity 13 cm. It contained seven fresh eggs. The nest was 

 placed in a tea-tree on the edge of a small lake and was about 

 six feet from the ground, two other nests from near the same 

 locality were 15 ft. from the ground. 



EG'GS Pure white in colour, seven eggs measured were 

 exactly the same size 1.85 x 1.35 cm. Clutch from four to 

 seven. 



The Birds of Rivers Murray and Darling and 

 the District of Wentworth. 



PART II. 



—By A. Chenery, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and 

 A. M. Morgan, M.B., Ch.B.— 



Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Purple-crowned Lorikeet). 

 — A fairly common bird all over the district. 



Calyptorhynchus hanksii (Banksian Cockatoo). — Found 

 on the Darling, from Albermarle to Wilcannia. The young 

 have been taken by men on river boats. 



Cacatoes galerifa (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo). — A very 

 common bird along the Murray. It does not go out back to 

 the mallee country. 



Lophochroa leadheateri (Pink Cockatoo). — Fairly common 

 in the back country, where it nests in the hollow mallee trees. 

 It only comes into the river in dry seasons. They all had 

 young in the nest in October, 1919. 



Ducorpsius gymnopis (Bare-eyed Cockatoo). — Does not 

 come below Burlundy, 40 miles north of Wentworth by road, 

 on the Darling, but more plentiful further north. It is often 

 seen in company with C. galerita. 



Eolophus roseicapUlus (Galah). — Very plentiful in parts 

 of the district; most numerous in the back country, where it 

 breeds in the hollow mallees. After the breeding season, they 

 congregate in large flocks. 



Lcptolophus auricnmis (Cockatoo Parrot). — A migratory 

 species, arriving usually in September, from the North. It 

 is found almost exalusively in the mallee, and never remains 

 about the river gums. 



