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THE BIRDS OF AUSTKALIA 



it swoops amongst them, and seizes a victim from the surface 

 of the water. Gould says that the nest is usually built on a large 

 swamp-oak {Casuarina) growing on the side of the creek, but 





From life. 



Goshawk. 



D, Le Souef. 



occasionally in a Bucalypt and away from water. It is of large 

 size in proportion to the birds. It is built of sticks and lined 

 with gum leaves. The eggs, generally 3, bluish-white smeared 

 over with occasional buff stains as though soiled with weak 



