MELLOJR — Bobins at Stirling West. 



Section of mound of Leipoa ocelldta. 



Scale— 1 inch to 3 feet. 



A — A. — Wet and cold weather level. 



B— B. — Hot weather level. 



C. — Blanket of sand and vegetable debris. 



D— D .— Hot bed. 



E — E. — Rim 



F — F. — Excavation. 



H. — Egg chamber. 



Bird Notes. Re Robins at Stirling West. 



By J. W. Mbllor. 



A fortnight after noting the young birds feeding, the 

 three red spots on the breast of young had spread and met, 

 forming a red breast almost as bright as the cock parent bird. 

 A strange thing noted was that the hen parent bird did all the 

 feeding of the young, and the cock bird was nowhere to be 

 seen, but just at the time for the young to be "weaned" he 

 appeared on the scene, and instead of assisting to feed, he 

 adminstered severe chastisement upon the offspring, appar- 

 ently with the object of letting them know that it was time 

 for them to be about their own business, whereupon they fed 

 themselves. They are now feeding themselves at the back 

 door each day. 



Noted the white-throated tree creeper feeding on the 

 ground, and upon investigation found that it was eating num- 

 bers of the small common black ant. 



March 30, 1917, saw at Lockleys the parent Minah feediug 

 two fully fledged young that were flying. 



March 29 saw parent bird of Brush Wattle Bird at Ful- 

 -ham feeding two young out of nest and fully fledged, able to 

 Ay- 

 March 28, saw numbers of Australian Swifts at Reedbeds, 

 they only stayed for an hour or two and passed on. They 

 were "hawking" after insects in mid-air in the usual way, and 

 were the forerunners of the present stormy weather. 



March 26, saw two yellow-eared black cockatoos at 

 "Glenburne", Stirling West, passing over towards the east. 



