INDEX 



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Honey eaters, in winter and spring, 

 16 ; their blithespmeness and 

 beauty, 85-6 ; their prevalence 

 and habits, 87-9 ; distinctions in 

 size and nests, 95-100 ; as weather 

 prophets, 99 ; influence of food on 

 eggs, 100. (See also fasciated, 

 fuscous, New Holland, regent, 

 scarlet, spinebilled, white-naped, 

 white-plumed, and yellow-tufted 

 honeyeaters.) 



Hornbills, curious nesting ways, 180. 



Hudson, W. H., on "largeness" of 

 spring mood, 24; on blue flowers, 

 25. 



Jacky Winter, see brown flycatcher. 

 Jerrard, C. H. H., on the paradise 



parrot, 178-84. 

 Jerryang, see little lorikeet. 

 Joy-bird, see rufous - breasted 



whistler. 



Kendall, H. C. (poet), on "bright 

 yellow tresses," 26 ; on the 

 echong, 147. 



Kingfisher, nesting in termites' 

 mounds, 185. 



King parrot, 186. 



Kookaburra, 47. 



Lalage, see white-shouldered cater- 

 pillar-eater. 



Lapwing, feigning to be injured, 

 158. (See also cuckoo-shrike.) 



Larks, as harbingers of spring, 34-6. 



Lorikeets, their speed and fondness 

 for travel, 88-9. (See also little, 

 musk, purple-crowned, rainbow, 

 scaly-breast and swift lorikeets.) 



London "Times," on birds' tame- 

 ness, 172. 



Lumholtz, Carl, on a parrot's faith- 

 fulness, 175. 



Macgillivray, John, his first sun- 

 bird, 93. 



Macgillivray, Dr. W. D., on birds 

 imitating caterpillars, 107. 



Macpherson Range, as habitat for 

 rose robins, 136. 



Magpies, in early spring, 18; their 

 wild warble, 162 ; singing at 

 night, 164 ; their combativeness, 

 162-3 ; distinction from British 

 magpie, 163. 



Magpie-lark, its prominence and 

 plentitude, 155 ; its semi-domesti- 

 cation, 160 ; alliance with wag- 

 tail, 168. 



Manucode, alliance with black 

 butcher-bird, 167. 



Manchester "Guardian," quoted, 172. 



Many-colored parrot, 174. 



Masefield, John (poet), quoted, 72. 

 Mathews, Gregory, on vanishing 



parrots, 177, 186. 



McCrae, Hugh (poet), quoted, 21, 47. 

 Merops, its nesting habits, 185. 

 Migratory birds, charm of their call, 



34-35 ; manner in time of danger, 



42. 



Mistletoe-bird, 36. 

 Mouth, yellow robin clinging to, 



130-1. 

 Murdoch, Nina (poet), on bush 



flowers, 24. 

 Myers, Frank, on the happiness of 



magpies, 164. 



Naturalists, searching for nests, 38 ; 



keeping "appointments," 43. 

 Nature, as a joyous playground, 82 ; 



its beacons, 130. 

 Nature-study, its place in schools, 



71-2. 

 Neilson, J. Shaw (poet), line quoted, 



25. 

 Nesting, sport of, 31 ; discretion of 



birds, 54. 



Night Parrot, its rarity, 187. 

 Nogoa River, haunt of paradise 



parrot, 175. 

 North, A. J., on the Gilbert 



whistler, 150. 

 November's heat, 57-8. 



Oasis, in the bush, 47. 



O'Dowd, Bernard (poet), 81; 

 quoted, 171. 



Orchard, bush, its appeal in Octo- 

 ber, 47. 



Orchids, glossodia, appeal of scent 

 and color, 24-5 ; diuris, 46, 80. 



Ornithologists' Union, 120. 



Paradise Parrot, its discovery, 

 beauty, popularity as cage-bird, 

 173-5 ; disappearance, 176-7 ; 

 search for its, 177-9 ; rediscovery 

 of 179 ; photography of, 180 ; 

 failure of eggs, 181-3; reason for 

 rarity, 183-6 ; plea for its preser- 

 vation, 186. 



Pallid Cuckoo, as harbinger of 

 spring, 19. 



Parrots, decimation of, 173, 186. 

 (See also budgerigah, crimson, 

 golden-shouldered, king, night, 

 many - colored, paradise, red- 

 backed, red-winged, rosella, scar- 

 let-chested and turquoisine par- 

 rots, and lorikeets.) 



"Parrots in Captivity," 174. 



Paterson, "Banjo" (poet), 49. 



Paterson, John Ford, artist, 165. 



Peewee, see magpie-lark. 



Persephone, approach of, 16. 



