134 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



26. Black-faced Graucalus {Graucalus melanops, Lath.) 



On 25th October I saw a delicate piece of material being 

 transferred to a nest in embryo ; later on secured three eggs. 

 The second and last notice to date was of a third bird desiring 

 to jump a nest, and the two were fighting for possession — a 

 broken egg lay beneath. I did not understand the quarrel, and 

 though the third bird waited about for some days, I got no 

 nearer to the answer, simply because a ruthless urchin came 

 along with his catapult, devastated the circle, and carried off the 

 nest for his immediate pleasure. 



27. White-shouldered Campephaga {Lalage tricolor, Swains.) 

 This species is not an everyday object. I know of one nest 



only having been found, and that at Ringwood in October, the 

 clutch being two eggs, hard set. 



28. White-throated Thickhead {Pachycej^hala giUturalis, Lath.), 

 W. 



Juvenile collectors often go astray in the popular naming of 

 this species, simply because the other here known species of the 

 same genus has a white throat. " What is there in a name?" I 

 should say, just enough to have this one designated by some 

 other and prevent confusion. On ist December, in an ordinarily 

 constructed nest I found an abnormal egg. The ground was 

 white, the graded blotchings similar to the type, and the dimen- 

 sions were one-half as much again ; the egg was the sole contents 

 of the nest, and the chick was well developed. 



29. Rufus-breasted Thickhead {P. rufiventris, Lath.), W. 

 Amongst the birds that partially feed on fruit of the Native 



Cherry is this species. The four weeks following 15th October 

 revealed the majority of nests of this member occupied with fresh 

 eggs. A tiedgeling, on being caged, immediately caught flies, and 

 for weeks lived on them alone, not requiring any aid. This is a 

 partial answer to some folk who irritably ask the use of flies on 

 hot days. 



30. Harmonious Shrike Thrush, W. {Collyriocincla harmonica, 

 Lath.)* 



- This creek-loving bird is at all times to be observed. It has a 

 varied taste, and any creeping thing does not come amiss. 

 Among many curious forms, a young lizard in good order, and in 

 length two inches, I drew from the gizzard — it evidently liad been 

 a late find. The usual nest you know, but on two occasions on 

 25th November, 1894, the nests each contained eggs, and were 

 neatly lined with mud, as if done with a trowel and an instrument 

 for making the spherical form. There is a great likeness to the 

 nest of the introduced Thrash in this particular build. November 

 gave the majority of nests containing fresli eggs. 

 (To be continued.) 



