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INDEX 



Photography, in tree-tops, 113-14; 

 of baby birds, 115 ; of a crouch- 

 ing bird, 126; of whistlers, 148; 

 of a fighting butcher-bird, 166-7 ; 

 of paradise parrots, 180. 



Pink-breasted robin, 133. 



Psalmist of the dawn, see yellow 

 robin. 



Purple-crowned lorikeet, its discre- 

 tion near houses, 22-3 ; "bluffing" 

 a butcher-bird, 23 ; its restricted 

 distribution, 23, 88. 



Pyrenees Range, beauty in Au- 

 gust, 27. 



Queensland, drought, 58, 186 ; habi- 

 tat of paradise parrot, 173. 



Quinn, Roderic (poet), on the in- 

 spiration of birds, 81-2 ; on a 

 poet and gull, 69. 



Rainbow lorikeet, its movements, 

 88 ; in captivity, 89. 



Red, its significance in birds' plum- 

 age, 36-7. 



Red-capped robin, nesting in dry 

 weather, 64; its beauty, 65; its 

 airy note, 65-6 ; breeding in im- 

 mature plumage, 66 ; its fiery na- 

 ture, 66 ; its comings and goings, 

 131-2. 



Red-backed parrot, 186. 



Red-winged parrot, confusion of 

 names, 178. 



Reed-warbler, as a spring visitor, 

 34; singing at night, 37; its 

 voice interpreted, 37. 



Regent honeyeater, nesting in Sep- 

 tember, 40 ; its beauty of color 

 and voice, 40 ; community of in- 

 terest, 41 ; its capricious move- 

 ments, 89-90. 



Restless flycatcher, its call and 

 manner, 17-18 ; its feeble nest- 

 building, 169. 



Robins, in winter, 16 ; their many 

 varieties, 120 ; value of the name, 

 121 ; their curious distribution, 

 131 ; their nesting, 132 ; length of 

 time in coloring, 133. (See also 

 black-and-white, flame, pink, red- 

 capped, rose, scarlet, and yellow 

 robins.) 



Rose-breasted robin, its movements, 

 1S3 ; its faint voice, 134 ; its win- 

 nowing of wings, 134 ; its butter- 

 fly flight, 134 : its pugnacity, 135. 



Rosella parrots, nipping off wattle 

 blossom, 27 ; their abundance, 186. 



Rufous-breasted whistler, as a 

 spring visitor, 37, 45, 146 ; its 

 distribution, 145-6 ; coloration of 

 the sexes, 146 ; its ringing whistle, 

 146 ; female as songster, 146. 



Sanctuaries, birds' tameness therein, 

 172. 



Sarsaparilla, festooning trees, 25-6. 



Scaly-breasted lorikeet, 88-9. 



Scarlet-breasted robin, in verse, 66 ; 

 its movements, 65, 131. 



Scarlet-chested parrot, 187. 



Scarlet honeyeater, its beauty of 

 voice and plumage, 90-1 ; its love 

 of the tropics, 91-2 ; behavior at 

 nest, 92-3; feigning to be in- 

 jured, 92. 



School children, contrasted, 72. 



School journals, of Australia, 73. 



School teachers, puzzled, 32 ; opin- 

 ions of Nature-study, 71-2. 



Searches, for nests, 31 ; for shrike- 

 tits' nests, 109 ; for the paradise 

 parrot, 176-8. 



Seasons, their effect on the world, 

 56-7. 



Selection, sexual, 138. 



September, its festal opening, 29-30. 



Shrike-tit, see crested shrike-tit. 



Silvereye, among almond blossoms, 

 22. 



Skimmer, see wood-swallow. 



Skylark, English, in Australia, 36. 



Song-birds, in autumn, 35 ; their 

 plumage discussed, 137-40. 



Sparrows, imposing on shrike-tits, 

 117. 



Spinebill, clipping wings, 27; its 

 long bill, 27. 



Spring, manner of advent, 15 ; its 

 impalpable heralds, 18 ; its stern- 

 ness in 1914, 26, 46 ; its promise 

 fulfilled, 45: its passing, 56; 

 American and Australian con- 

 trasted, 44-5. 



Summer-bird, see wood-swallow. 



Sun-bird, its beauty and vivacity, 

 93; its fraternal nesting habits, 

 94. 



Swift lorikeet, 20-1. 



Tameness of birds, 74, 113, 123, 



171-2. 

 Tasmania, its robins, 131 ; lack of 



black-and-white birds, 159. 

 Tea tree, as host for birds, 90-1. 

 Tit-warblers, greeting the spring, 



16; nesting, 28. 

 Thickhead, see whistler. 

 Thomas, James (poet), on the wag- 

 tail, 168. 

 Thrush, English, in Australia, 58. 



(See also grey thrush.) 

 Trapping, effect on parrots, 176, 



188. 

 Travelled birds, as spring vocalists, 



31, 37, 38. 

 Tree-creepers, adaptability to dry 



