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ing two fresh eggs. The nest was. as usual, ornamented with 

 live caterpillars. 



68. Aphelocephala leucopsis (White Face). The commonest 

 bird in the district. They were breeding everywhere. Three 

 pairs were building under the ridge capping of the house, and 

 two pairs in the thatch of a shed. Other breeding places were 

 thorn bushes, old babblers' nests, and between a gatepost and 

 the hanging style of the gate; but the great majority of the 

 nests were in hollow trees. The nests are made of dried 

 grasses and herbage, and are lined with feathers and rabbits' 

 fur. One nest was lined entirely with emu feathers. Clutches, 

 three or four. I watched one pair feeding their young; they 

 brought only green caterpillars at the rate of one each every 

 five minutes. 



69. Sphenostoma cristatum pallidum (Pale Wedgebill). 

 I was surprised to find this bird so far south. I 

 believe Leigh's Creek is the previously recorded south- 

 ern limit. They were in pairs, and fairly numerous, 

 where there were clumps of thorn bush (a prickly 

 shrub like African boxthorn, very difficult and painful to 



penetrate). The male sits out on a dry twig in the open 

 and utters his song, which is like "chip cheer chiroo," the first 

 two notes subdued and audible for about 40 or 50 yards, the 

 final note very loud and shrill, and audible for a quarter of a 

 mile or more. The female answers from the bushes with an 

 occasional "chirrup." When the eggs are all laid the male 

 becomes much more silent, only uttering his note occasionally. 

 They are very local. A pair near the house never strayed 

 more than 200 yards from the clump of thorn bushes where 

 they eventually nested. The first nest was found by Mr. 

 Merryfteld in an u old man" saltbush. It contained three fresh 

 eggs. One nest was built in the knob of a mistletoe about nine 

 feet from the ground, and three other nests were in thorn 

 bushes, all within reach of the hand. Clutch, two or three. 

 The nest is built of fine dry twigs and smoothly lined with 

 fine dried grasses. The opening measures five inches in dia- 

 meter, and is 1^ inches deep. 



70. Neositta pileata tenuirostris (Slender-billed Tree 'Run- 

 ner). A flock of four birds seen; not nesting. 



71. Climacteris erythrops superciliosa (White-browed Tree 

 Creeper). Not common; only four pairs seen. An uncom- 

 pleted nest was found on August 9th at the bottom of a hollow 

 branch. 



