IN AUSTRALIAN WILDS 



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Among the Water Lilies Ill 



On a Swamp Islet 113 



Burrow and Eggs of Murray Tortoise . . . . . . 116 



Swamp Hawk's Nest and Eggs 117 



Bittern's Nest and Eggs . . 118 



Nest and Eggs of Musk Duck 119 



Sugar Gum Camp 123 



At the Nest of the Many-Coloured Parrot . . . . 125 



Lagoon at Warunda, Eyre's Peninsula . . . . . . 127 



Climbing to a Tawny Frogmouth's Nest 128 



Termites' ("White Ants") Mound .. 130 



Stump-Tailed Lizard 133 



Aborigines' Burial Place . . 134 



Nest and Eggs of Rock-Parrot 137 



Blacks' Wurlie, The Coorong 142 



The Coorong 144 



On Pelican Island 146 



Pelicans' Headless Bodies 147 



Nest and Eggs of Pelican 149 



Pelicans at the Zoo 151 



Cape Barren Geese . . . . . . . . . . 153 



Black Swan and Cygnets 155 



A Daring Climber at Nest of the Eagle-Hawk . . . . 159 



White-Browed Wood-Swallow at Nest 161 



Nest and Eggs of Straw-Necked Ibis . . . . . . 164 



Ibis Nestlings 166 



Bird Trappers' Camp 169 



Galah Nestlings 171 



Rose-Breasted Cockatoo (Galah) 173 



Young Native Companion . . . . 174 



At the Nest of the Yellow Parrot 176 



Young Cockatoo-Parrot 177 



Nankeen Kestrel (Fledgling) 179 



Delicate Owl, Showing the Down 180 



Palms and Parasites (Orchids and Ferns) . . . . . . 183 



A Palm Grove, Tweed River 185 



Cane-Cutter's Home, Tweed River 187 



Nettle Tree, Among Palms 189 



Tweed River at Tumbulgum 191 



Nesting Place of Forest Kingfisher 193 



In the Canefields 194 



A Native Guide . . . . 197 



An Island Beach 201 



Corals and Shells 203 



In the Pisonia Forest . . 207 



Holothurians in Coral Pool . . 209 



Turtle Tracks on the Beach . . 210 



Turtles Coming Ashore . . . . 211 



Turtle, Sleeping 212 



Nest and Egg of White-Capped Noddy 213 



White-Capped Noddy on Nest 214 



Nest and Eggs of Reef Heron 216 



Reef Heron Nestling 219 



Sacred Kingfishers 221 



Black Swans .. 223 



