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hear the rich and voluble activity of the bird. Such a 

 flight may be maintained for a long time, or the bird may 

 prefer to make several voyages, coming each time to one or 

 other tree in the vicinity of its nesting mate. 



It is what we call a migratory bird, going north a few 

 hundred miles after summer and i-eturning soutli with the 



Fig. 20. Rufous Song-Lark, male and female. One-fifth natural size. 



early notices of spring. In Northern Victoria it will breed 

 from September on to November, in the southern portions 

 from October to December. 



Nest. — A small cup-shaped structure, made of grasses, 

 and placed in a slight depression of the ground. This may 

 be covered with bushes or grass as a protection. 



