INDEX. 



Adams, Dr., on ornithology and 

 education, 73. 



Alexander, W. B., on vanishing 

 parrots, 188. 



Almond blossom, its beauty and ap- 

 peal, 21-22. 



American bird names, 81. 



"Among Cannibals," quoted, 175-6. 



Anthill parrot. See paradise parrot. 



Anzac-bird, see magpie. 



Aristocratic birds, 101-19. 



"Around the Boree LOST," quoted, 

 147. 



August, the appeal of, 15-28. 



Australia, the spirit of, 155; in- 

 fluence of its climate on poetry, 

 56 ; and on birds nesting, 58, 179. 



Australian parrots, in England, 

 174-5. 



Babblers, nesting in August, 28. 



Baby birds, their hearing at birth, 

 39 ; their incessant supplications, 

 57 ; imitating caterpillars, 65, 

 106-7. 



Banfield, E. J., on the sun-bird, 93. 



Bark-robin, see yellow robin. 



Barnard family, knowledge of para- 

 dise parrot, 175. 



Bayldon, Arthur (poet), on a bush 

 canary, 147. 



Bell-miner, its strong claws, 100; 

 its communistic chiming. 103. 

 (See also crested bell-bird.) 



Biglow Uosea, on the American 

 spring, 44. 



Bird clubs, 73 ; bird play-parties, 

 96; bird tragedies, 99. 



Bird Day movement, 74. 



Birds, and civilisation, 171-2; their 

 names discussed. 80-82, 121, 185. 



"Birds of Australia," quoted, 177, 

 186. 



Blackbird, English, in Australia, 

 48, 58. 



Black butcher-bird, alliance with 

 manucode, 167. 



Blacki'aced cuckoo-shrike, its notes 

 and manners, 32 ; concert by, 33. 



Black-throated butcher - bird, its 

 abundance in Queensland. 159 ; 

 its organ-like voice. 164 ; singing 

 while flying, 165; color of its 

 song, 165 ; its strong pugnacity, 

 166-7. 



Black-throated warbler, imitating 



caterpillars, 107. 



Black-and-white birds, their preval- 

 ence in Australia, 155 ; reason of 

 their combativeness, 157. 

 Black-and-white robin, 131, 159. 

 Black Swans, in poetry, 49. 156. 



Blood-bird, see scarlet honeyeater. 



Blue, in flowers, 24-25. 



Bluie, see wood-swallow. 



Boarded-out children, their love of 

 .Nature, 72. 



Bobolink, American, 81. 



Bottlebrush, as host for birds, 90. 



Boys, as nest-robbers, 31, 40; their 

 names for birds. 21, 32, 58, 104, 

 170. 



Brereton, J. Le Gay (poet), on the 

 Jack o' Winter, 16. 



Britain, superstition in regarding 

 magpies, 163. 



British birdlover, sighing for spring, 

 56, 68. 



Brisbane, its birds, 133 ; as a city 

 of black and white, 160. 



Bronze cuckoo, as a spring visitor, 

 19 ; answering a call, 20 ; two 

 eggs in a robins' nest, 128. 



Brown, Dr. John, on value of Na- 

 ture-study, 72-3. 



Brown flycatcher, greeting the 

 spring, 16 ; following a relative, 

 17. 



Budgerigah, its prevalence, 186. 



Burroughs, John, on birds' clever- 

 ness, 41 ; on an American thrush, 

 61 ; on simple names, 80-1 ; on a 

 neighborly bird, 122 ; on the joys 

 of rambling, 178. 



Bush-chats, see white-fronted chats. 



Butcherbird, see black, black- 

 throated, and grey butcherbirds. 



Campbell, A. J.. on decimation of 

 parrots, 176, 188. 



Cardinal, see scarlet honeyeater. 



Caterpillar-eater, see white-shoul- 

 dered caterpillar-eater. 



Caterpillars, ravaging forests, 64-5 ; 

 in bell-birds' nests, 107-8; imi- 

 tated by baby birds, 65, 106-7. 



Cats, ravages among birds, 186. 



Chickowee, in almond blossom, 22. 



Children, in Bird-land, 70-83; at a 

 bush cemetery. 80 ; their attitude 

 to technical names, 80; their 

 quaint letters, 74-8 ; their love for 

 robins, 121. 



Clarke, Marcus, on the "weird" 

 bush, 36. 



Cockatoos, pride in crest, 101-2; 

 their prevalence, 102. 



Cockatoo-parrot, its prevalence, 102. 



Cole, Elsie (poet), on voice of 

 thrush, 62. 



Coutts, C. B. (poet), on voice of 

 thrush, 63. 



Coloration, protective, 85, 138; of 

 birds* eggs. 58. 100, 149. 



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