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Cheney, Birds of Wangaratta District, Victoria. [.sfApni 



Oreocincla lunulata. Australian Ground-Thrush. — In good seasons 

 this species was common in the mountain gulUes, especially around 

 the Clear Creek Falls and in the vicinity of Beechworth. but during 

 1914 it was not seen. 



Turdus musicus. Song-Thrush. — Numbers in and around Beech- 

 worth on the road to the Buckland Gap. 



Ephthianura albifrons. White-fronted Bush-Chat. — This was the 

 only bird noticed this season that was successful in rearing its young. 

 The nests were well hidden under fallen spear-thistles. The male 

 shares the work of incubation. 



Ephthianura tricolor. Tricoloured Bush-Chat. — This beautiful bird 

 sometimes passed the school-ground when migrating, and I saw it 

 along the King River. In 191 3 a brood was reared in an orchard 

 at Eldorado. 



Ephthianura aurifrons. Orange-fronted Bush-Chat. — Seen only 

 twice, each time near the school — 8th April and 12th June, 1914. 



Acrocephalus australis. Australian Reed-Warbler. — Most of these 

 birds did not nest last season. Where one would usually find 20 nests 

 it was hard to find one. I searched many reed-beds without any 

 resul t . 



Cisticola exilis. Grass-Warbler (Golden-headed Fantail-Warbler). — 

 A flock of six was seen on i8th March, 191 4. 



Chthonicola sagittata. Speckled Warbler.^ — I saw one in the low 

 branches of a pine-tree on the school-ground on 3rd November, 1914. 



Acanthiza nana. Little Tit-Warbler. — In the early spring these 

 little birds were common about fields and thinly-timbered country, 

 but in the nesting season they disappeared. 



Acanthiza reguloides. Buff-tailed Tit-Warbler. — A pair of these 

 birds built a nest on the ground under a bush. 



Acanthiza chrysorrhoa. Yellow-tailed Tit-Warbler — Very common 

 all over the country. Nests were found in every possible place — 

 old buckets, straw stacks, pigsties, &c. In an orchard we found two 

 nests, one above the other, forming a complete whole. In the upper 

 nest were four eggs ; in the lower, three. Two sets of birds sat on 

 these for a few days ; but an inquisitive small child, reaching in to 

 see whether the eggs were hatched, broke two in the upper and one 

 in the lower nest. The birds then deserted their homes. 



Acanthiza lineata. Striated Tit-Warbler. — Small flocks were nomadic 

 in the dry weather. 



Acanthiza pusilla. Brown Tit-Warbler. — Numbers in the tree-tops. 



Pyrrholaemus brunneus. Redthroat. — One seen at Londrigan on 

 15th October, i<;i4- 



Sericornis citreigularis. Yellow-throated Scrub- Wren. — Rarely 

 seen. I found one looking for insects on a sugar gum tree. 



Sericornis frontalis. White-browed Scrub-Wren. — I found one of 

 these birds using the nest of a Spotted Diamond-Bird for itself. It 

 was nesting in December. 



Malurus cyaneus. Blue Wren-Warbler. — ist June. — A male seen 

 in full colour. 7th July. — Our own pet Blue Wren-Warbler returned 

 after a few weeks' absence with brilliant blue on the back, a grey cap, 



