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taking on the way clutches of the Pied Grallina and White-plumed 

 Honeyeater, thus finishing up a fairly successful day. 



On Wednesday we had another hot tramp through the poly- 

 gonum scrub, finding only another clutch of 4 eggs of the White- 

 winged Wren, a find, however, which amply repaid us. These 

 birds build very similar nests to the Blue Wren, but much more 

 comfortable and cosy, being lined and intertwined with wool. 



Thursday, iyiH. — After taking a clutch of 4 eggs from the nest 

 of Epthianura albifrons conveniently built in the grass of the back 

 yard, about 40 yards away from the house, we reluctantly bid 

 good-bye to Murray Meadows, where we had been so hospitably 

 treated — a hospitality and kind treatment we shall ever remember 

 -with the greatest pleasure ; and taking a last look round the 

 neighbourhood, which is a perfect paradise for birds, protected as 

 they are by distance from the murderous assaults of pot-hunters, 

 we were driven by our hostess to the railway station, stopping on 

 the way at the pine ridge to photograph a nest of Artamus 

 superciliosus, which we had previously noted prettily placed on a 

 horizontal fork of a large bare bush, but found someone had been 

 there since our former visit and taken it away. Passing the salt 

 lakes we saw the Australian Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) in large 

 numbers, busily at work, where they tunnel into the banks of the 

 lakes, which consist principally of gypsum. However, we did not 

 trouble to take their eggs, having them already in our cabinets, 

 and so kept on our way to the station, which we reached in 

 good time for the train. At Bendigo I left Mr. Campbell to 

 continue his journey to Melbourne, whilst I stayed the night 

 and spent the next day visiting the sights of " Quartzopolis." 

 Among these I visited the museum at the School of Mines, which 

 contains a very creditable collection, and I was pleased to see 

 that the names of several members of our club figure as donors of 

 specimens. I almost omitted to mention that we held a permit 

 from the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales in order to be 

 able to collect on that side of the Murray eggs of game birds for 

 scientific purposes only. Appended is a list of the birds noted 

 during our stay at Benjeroop : — 



Haliastur sphenurus ... Whistling Eagle 



Hieracidea berigora ... Brown Hawk 



Artamus sordidus ... ... Sordid Wood Swallow 



„ superciliosus ... White-eyebrowed Wood Swallow 



,, leucopygialis ... White-rumped Wood Swallow 



Malurus cyaneus ... ... Blue Wren, or Superb Warbler 



,, leucopterus ... White-winged „ 



Merops ornatus ... ... Australian Bee-eater 



Dacelo gigas ... ... ... Great Brown Kingfisher 



Halcyon sanctus ... ... Sacred Kingfisher 



Pardalotus striatus ... ... Striated Pardalote 



