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$s> @ ^rW^ CL Ql&%@9 ( Gymnorhina Tibiceri). 



HE Magpie, known also as the piping 

 Crow, is one of our sweetest warblers. 

 It is called Goorebat, and Koorakoola by some 

 of the aborigines and Curluck by others. 

 They are cheerful birds, and are always heard 

 singing their sweet songs in the early morning, 

 as they flit about among the green trees, in 

 flocks of twenty or thirty. They build a large 

 untidy looking nest in the tree tops, which is 

 often discovered by the eager screams of the 

 parent bird, to keep away intruders. The 

 Goorebats are very friendly and easily tamed, 

 and if the least protection is offered to them 



