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THE BIBDS OF AUSTBALIA 



shrill and rather whining cry gives it the common name 

 of the Pee-wee or Pee-wit, the former rendering the 

 sound more accurately. The nest is an open structure, 

 composed of mud with a little grass worked in to 

 hold it, and lined with grass. It is a substantial building, 



Australian Museum. 

 Magpie Larks {Grallina picata) with albino. 



one example weighing lib. 7 oz., and measuring 5% inches in 

 diameter and 41/2 inches deep. It is placed on a horizontal 

 branch high up in a large tree, and involves the architects in 

 assiduous labour for a few days in carrying up the mud pellets 

 to so great a height. They will build in trees quite near to 

 houses. This season a pair nested in my back garden. The nest 



