188 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA: 



Mr. Campbell says: "This smaller- sized Babbler 

 has a wider distribution than the common variety, being 

 found in both Eastern and Western Australia. Like 

 its larger cousin, it may be seen, even in the same 

 locality seven or eight in a flock hopping over the 

 ground like rats pulling away at the short grass, or 

 levering over lumps of bark or sticks with its beak or 

 head. When disturbed, with spread tail and wings, 

 these birds leap actively from branch to branch through 

 the trees, uttering chattering noises, but not quite so 

 loudly as the Temporal or Common Babbler. Like the 

 Temporal Babbler, the White-browed uses one of its 

 nests as a sleeping-place. At midwinter I have witnessed 

 a troupe filing into their dormitory at dusk." 



When on a collecting trip to the Murray many nests 

 of this bird were noticed, as they were placed on the 

 Muehlenbeckia cunninghami bushes a few feet from the 

 ground. 



