INDEX 



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conditions, 58; their pretty eggs, 

 68; faithfulness to nesting sites, 

 69 ; cleverness at nest, 69-60 ; 

 fright of mother bird, 60. 



Tree-tit, pursued by robin, 135. 



Trumpet-bird, see manucode. 



Turquoisine parrot, its disappear- 

 ance, 187 ; inquiry and search for 

 it, 187-8. 



United States, of America, interest 

 in Nature-study, 70. 



Victoria, its spring birds, 18. 

 Voice, of birds, index to disposition, 

 20, 31, 36, 123, 139. 



Wagtail, its prominence and pluck, 

 155, 166; its alliance with the 

 magpie-lark, 166-7 ; its nesting, 

 47-8, 169; in poetry, 168; its 

 alliance with animals, 168; its 

 calling at night, 168; its trip of 

 70 miles, 170. 



Warning, by birds, 43. 



Warning colors, Wallace theory of, 

 129. 



Wattle blossom, its beauty and 

 fragrance, 26 ; harboring a birds' 

 nest, 27. 



Wax-flower, 26. 



Wedgebill, 102. 



Whip-bird, 102-3. 



Whisperings, among robins, 28 ; 

 among birds and flowers, 45. 



Whistlers, their numbers in Aus- 

 tralia, 138 ; their plumage and 

 voice, 139. (See also Gilbert, 

 golden - breasted, and rufous- 

 breasted whistlers.) 



White, C. T., in search of a parrot, 

 178. 



White-fronted chat, greeting th 

 spring. 16 ; feeding cuckoo, 68 ; 

 its coloration, 168; feigning to 

 be injured, 158. 



White-naped honeyeater, concert by, 

 31 ; its blithesome notes, 95. 



White-shouldered caterpillar-eater, 

 as a spring visitor, 53 ; its cum- 

 bersome name, 81, 170 ; singing 

 while flying, 53 ; nesting habits, 

 54 ; fondness for favorable situa- 

 tions, 55. 



Winter, its excursions, 29 ; its veil 

 withdrawn, 45. 



"Winter's Tale," Shakespeare's, 123. 



Wiree, see rufous-breasted whistler. 



Witchery, of spring, 45. 



Wood-pecker, see tree-creeper. 



Wood-swallows, swarming like bees, 

 48 ; arrival in spring, 49-60 ; nest- 

 ing habits, 61-52; nesting in hot 

 weather, 65 ; as honeyeaters, 100. 



Year, interest in its changing 

 moods, 69. 



Yellow, its light in dark places, 

 129-30. 



Yellow-robin, its busy days, 28; 

 feigning to be injured, 42 ; dive 

 from nest, 43 ; its pleasant scien- 

 tific name, 122 ; its chanting at 

 dawn, 123 ; its pretty house-keep- 

 ing, 124-7 ; crouching on nest, 

 126; as host for a cuckoo, 128; 

 pertinacity of a pair, 127-8; 

 curious undulation in color, 129 ; 

 clinging to a man's lips, 130-1 ; 

 its clipping wings, 130. 



Yellow-tufted honeyeater, nesting, 

 27, 97-9; feigning to be injured, 

 41-2, 96 ; dancing, 95-6 ; the 

 Autolycus of the bird-world, 98; 

 as weather-prophet, 99 ; pursuing 

 a shrike-tit, 117; pursuing a 

 cuckoo, 20. 



