THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 



enjoyed the privilege of participating in this cruise as the Captain's guest, and having 

 manifested a special interest in this nest, a couple of blue-jackets were told off to 

 scale the tree and to obtain all available data concerning its dimensions and present 

 or recent tenancy. Not being the breeding season, the nest was then empty, but had 

 evidently been tenanted the preceding year. Its diameter was found to be no less 

 than twelve feet. 



W. Savillc-Eent, Photo. 

 YOUNO AUSTRALIAN OSPKEY, Pandion leiieocephalus, p. 67. 



