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INDEX 



Crested bell-bird, its thrush-like 

 nest, 39 ; nesting in dry weather. 

 63; its shyness at the nest, 106; 

 unfledged baby bird hops away, 

 63 ; its queer practice with cater- 

 pillars, 65, 106-8; its beautiful 

 chiming, 103-5 ; contrasted with 

 bell-miner, 103-4. 



Crested shrike-tit, appearance and 

 habits, 108-19 ; its powerful pip- 

 ing, 20, 118; search for its nest, 

 109-10; its behavior at nest, 110- 

 15: how the nest is built, 112; 

 desertion of nests, 112-13 ; photo- 

 graphy of, 114-15 ; quivering of 

 wings, 116 ; visiting of towns, 

 117 ; its dignity and combative- 

 ness, 117-18. 



Crimson parrot, its prevalence, 186. 



Cuckoos, problem of their parasit- 

 ism, 67-8 ; enormous appetite of 

 young, 68. (See also bronze, fan- 

 tailed and pallid cuckoos.) 



Cuckoo-shrikes, their cuckoo-like 

 flight, 32. (See also black-faced 

 cuckoo-shrike.) 



Daley, Victor (poet), on a memor- 

 able day, 77. 



D'Andre, Commandant, on the 

 spirit of Australia, 155. 



Darling Downs, home of paradise 

 parrot, 173. 



Dennis, C. J. (poet), on the robin, 

 66 ; on the thrush, 62 ; on sun- 

 shine and bird-song, 95. 



Diamond-birds, nesting in hollows, 



Dick the devil, see crested bell-bird. 



Diuris orchids, 46, 80. 



Dunk Island, 93. 



Dutton, Rev. F. G., on Australian 

 parrots, 174. 



Earth, "mad with song," 37; 

 "heaven on earth," 69. 



Echong, see rufous-breasted whistler. 



Elves of spring, 35. 



Emerson, E. S. (poet), on the spirit 

 of Australia, 156. 



Eriostcmon (waxflower), its dainti- 

 ness. 26. 



Euphema parrots, 188. 



Fairyland arithmetic, 79. 



Fantail, see wagtail. 



Fantailed cuckoo, its trill, 32 ; its 



parasitism, 68. 

 Fasciated honeyeater, 95. 

 Finch, spotted-sided, 32. 

 Flame-breasted robin, its showiness, 



132 ; separation of sexes, 132 ; its 



curious movements, 132-3. 



Flowers, of almond tree, 21 ; of the 

 bush, 24 ; in harmony with a 

 bird song, 165-6. 



Fuscous honeyeater, nesting in 

 flowering wattle, 27 ; young birds 

 take iright, 60 ; its neoting, 99. 



French Mission in Queensland, 155. 



Fox, destroying birds, 173. 



Gilbert, John, discovery of Gilbert 

 whistler, 149 ; discovery of para- 

 dise parrot, 173. 



Gilbert whistler, its color, nest and 

 eggs, 149-53 ; its rarity, 150 ; its 

 sweet voice, 150-2 ; its fondness 

 for old haunts, 153. 



Gizzie, see little lorikeet. 



Golden-breasted whistler, its beauty 

 of plumage and voice, 141-43; its 

 distribution, 140 ; curious im- 

 pulses and courtship, 144-45. 



Golden-shouldered parrot, its curious 

 nesting habits, 185. 



Goldfinch, English, in Australia, 47, 

 58. 



Gordon. Adam Lindsay (poet), his 

 delight in the Australian spring, 

 30 ; on "songless bright birds," 

 137. 



Gore-Jones, Alice (poet), lines 

 quoted, 29. 



Gould, John, on movements of 

 robins, 132 ; on a whistler's voice, 

 139 ; on the genus of whistlers, 

 141 ; on the paradise parrot, 173. 



Gould League of Birdlovers, 76. 



Graucalus, see cuckoo-shrike. 



Greene, Dr. W. T., on Australian 

 parrots, 174. 



Greenfinch, English, in Australia, 

 58. 



Grey, Viscount, on tameness of 

 birds, 172. 



Grey butcher-bird, "bluffed" by 

 lorikeet, 23; its song, 164. 



Grey thrush, a frightened mother, 

 39 ; singing while nest-building, 

 39 ; pretty eggs, 40 ; unusual nest- 

 ing, 40 ; voices of young, 60-1 ; 

 half-sane shout, 61 ; robbing 

 other birds, 61 ; in poetry, 62-3. 



Ground-thrush, feigning to be in- 

 jured, 41. 127. 



Ground parrots, 186. 



Hall, Robert, on magpies, 161-2. 

 Harvey, W. G., on a butcher-bird, 



166-7 ; on the magpie-lark, 167. 

 Heath, as host for spinebills, 27. 

 Henry, O., on harbingers of spring, 



15 ; on "enchanted days," 92. 

 Hill, G. F., on caterpillars in birds' 



nests, 108. 



