152 INSECTIVOROnS BIRDS 



doubt on the primates below, its eyelids were opened, and 

 then, but not till then, did it reveal a distinctive marking 

 easy of observation in the broad yellow iris. The female 

 was perched parallel with an almost horizontal bough above 

 us, and so motionless that it was mistaken for an iguana. 

 Both were studies, and almost unrecognizable. However, 

 a weighty stick carefully deposited destroyed the equil- 

 ibrium of one and caused a movement of the wings 

 of the other. On tlie 25th of November, 1894, a 

 nest was found placed at the junction of three nearly 

 perpendicular limbs. This is an unusual jdace. The 

 nest was disturbed, so the birds deserted, to the best 

 of my belief for that cause. This consideration has been 

 strengthened by my observations recently in Western 

 Australia. 



On the Flinders-street station, Melbourne, in November, 

 1895, 1 was somewhat amused at being offered a young bird 

 for the sum of one shilling. It was close season. The 

 vendor either had a bold spirit, found it " folly to be wise," 

 or was ignorant of the legal circumstances that might have 

 attended the case. 



Nest. — A flimsy structure of twigs that simply serves the 

 purpose of holding the eggs, with care by the bird while 

 flying off and on to it. It is placed on a horizontal fork at 

 varying altitudes in small trees. 



Eggs. — Two or three for a sitting ; clear white. Length, 

 2 inches; breadth, 14 inches. 



