ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Australian Magpie . . . . . . . . . . . 12 



Scarlet-Breasted Robin on Nest . . . . . . . . 14 



White-Shafted Fantail on Nest 16 



Mistletoe-Bird at Nest 18 



Red-Tipped Pardalote 20 



White-Browed Scrub- Wren in Nest 21 



Nest of Striated Tit-Warbler 22 



Nest and Eggs of Coachwhip-Bird . . . . . . 25 



Coachwhip-Bird at Nest 26 



Great Brown Kingfisher . . . . . . . . . . 28 



Kookaburra Nestling . . . . . . .... . . 29 



Blue-Tongued Lizard 30 



Ring-Tail Opossum's Nest . . . . . . . . 32 



Young Ring-Tail Opossum 33 



Tit-Warbler Feeding Fledgling 34 



Female Lyre-Bird . . . . . . . . . . . 37 



Young Lyre-Bird 39 



Bower of Satin Bower-Bird . . . . . . . . . . 41 



Loading the Pack-Horse . . . . . . . . . . 46 



In Lilly-Pilly Gully 47 



Park Ranger and Emu . . . . . . . . . 48 



Koalas or "Native Bears" . . . . . . . . . . 50 



Nest of Helmeted Honey-Eater . . . . . . . . 52 



Haunt of Emu-Wrens . . . . . . . . . . 54 



The Valley of Dry Bones, King Island . . . . . . 57 



Young Fairy Penguins . . . . . . . . . . 60 



Gannet Rookery, Cat Island . . . . . . . . 63 



Gannet on Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 



Pacific Gull's Nest and Eggs 67 



Cormorant Rookery, Storehouse Island . . . . . . 69 



Nest and Eggs of Oyster-Catcher . . . . . . . . 70 



An Island Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 72 



The "Endeavour's" Laboratory . . . . . . . . 75 



Line Fishing from the "Endeavour" . . . . . . 76 



White-Capped Albatross . . . . . . . . . . 77 



Bearded Dragon or Jew Lizard . . . . . . . . 82 



In the Heart of the Mallee 83 



Nesting Mound of Lowan (closed) . . . . . . . . 86 



Nesting Mound of Lowan (open) . . . . . . . . 87 



Young Magpie-Larks . . . . . . . . . . . 93 



Echidna, Walking 95 



Echidna, Burrowing . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 



A "Canoe" Tree 98 



The Isle of the Dead, Kulkyne . . . . . . . . 99 



Aborigines' Bark Canoe 100 



Australian Coot's Nest and Eggs . . . . . . . . 104 



Kitchen Midden, Lake Boga 106 



Watching Egrets 108 



