THE WOMBAT. 



8. Allied Harrier. Comes from August to December, and 



may be seen soaring over the crops in search of quails, 

 young hares and rabbits. It breeds in the district, 

 making its nest on the ground in a thick piece of crop 

 or other suitable place. 



9. Delicate Owl. Only occasionally seen. 



10. Boobook Owl. On account of its secluded habits is 



rarely seen, but its cry of " Mopoke " is common 

 enough. Breeds in the district. 



11. Owlet Nightjar. Rarely seen here. 



12. Tawny-shouldered Podargus. Fairly plentiful, and 



doubtless a very useful bird. Lives on mice, moths, 

 and other insects. Breeds in the district, the nest con- 

 sisting of a few green leaves laid on a large flat fork of 

 a tree, seldom very far from the ground. 



13. Spotted Nightjar. Very rare. I have only seen one 



specimen. 



14. Australian Swift. Only a bird of passage during the 



months of March or April. 



15. Welcome Swallow. Only comes here during the breeding 



season. 



16. Tree Swallow. Fairly plentiful, breeding in the hollow 



eucalypti. 



17. Bee-eater. Comes during the breeding season only. 



Burrows a hole in the sand to make its nest. 



18. Laughing Jackass. Represented here, but seldom leaves 



the watercourses. 



19. Sacred Kingfisher. Fairly plentiful during the breeding 



season. 



20. Red-backed Kingfisher. An occasional visitor during the 



breeding season, but may be said to be rare. 



21. Azure Kingfisher. Also a rare bird, never leaving the 



watercourses. 



22. Sordid Wood-swallow. Fairly plentiful all the year. 



\ Appear in great num- 

 bers during the breed- 



23. Masked Wood-swallow. I ing season, and are 



24. White-eyebrowed Wood-swallow, [very useful in destroy- 



ing young locusts, cat- 

 j erpillars, &c. 



25. Striated Pardalote. Well represented. Feeds on scale, 



insects, &c. 



26. Piping Crow-shrike. Very numerous. Does great dam- 



age among the wheat. Kills all the small birds it can 

 catch, robins and acanthizas being its especial prey. 



