OF VICTORIA. 



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sheep "fluke." This bird, in common with the White- 

 fronted Heron (Blue Crane), makes war upon the mollusc 

 hosts, and thus considerably reduces the danger and loss, 

 especially to our western graziers. 



Fig 2. Magpie-Lark, male and female. One-fifth natural size. 



i\^es^— Cup-shaped ; made of mud, and lined internally 

 with grasses ; placed near water and generally in a eucalypt 

 on a horizontal bough. 



