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2. Birds in relation to agriculture, frui1>growing, and forestry, 



■ e.g.— 



(1) Silver Eye (Zosterops) 



(2) Starling (Stumus) 



(3) Blue Wren (Malurus) 



(4) Ibis (Ibis) 



(5) Owls (Strix or Ninox) 



(6) Masked Wood Swallows (Artamus) 



(7) Home Swallow (Hirundo) 



(8) Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon) 



(9) Swift (Chsetura) 



(10) Honey-eaters (Meliphagidae) 



(11) Lorikeets (Glossopsittacus) 



(12) Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus) 



3. Recognition marks — 



3^ Species — e.g., Fantedls (Rhipidura tricolor, Sisura in- 

 quieta). Kobins (throats and foreheads), Lorikeets 

 (Glossopsittacus co'ncinnus, G. pusillus). 



3^ Sexes — e.g., Tree Creepers (C. leucophcea). Chats (Eph- 

 thianura). 



i. Tlie making of a species — e.g., Magpie (Gymnorhina), Wood- 

 land, desert, and insular forms. 



5. Distribution — e.g., Short-tailed Petrel (Puffinus tenuirostris). 

 Fairy Pengniin ( Eudyptula minor). Reed Warbler ( Acrocephalus 

 australis), Helmeted Honey-eater (Ptilotis cassidix). Bristle Bird 

 ( Splienuru), Chestnut-eared Finch (Tonniopygia castanotis), Mallee 

 Fowl (Lipoa ocellata). Lyre Bird (Menura superbaj, Bower Bird 

 (Satin and- spotted) : Each of the above species to have a distribution 

 map card. 



6. Migration — 



6^ Partial or internal — e.g., White-fronted Chat (Eph- 

 thianura alhifrons). 



62 Complete — Little Sandpiper (Stint) (Heteropygia acu- 

 minata). 



6^ Accidental^ — e.g.. New Zealand Shoveller (Spatula varie- 

 gata). 



7. Flight— 



71 The Tail — Home Swallow, Pigeon, Quail. 



72 Wing— Stint, GuU, Quail. 



8. Plumage — • 



8* Seasonal change — 

 (a) Tuck pointing 

 (6) Moult 



■ t.g., White^shouldered Caterpillar Eater 



(Lalage tricolor). 



(c) Pigment alone — any dull-brown bird; 



(d) Pigment and transparent cells — Green Parrot; 



