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11/9/99. Nest near Break o' Day without eggs, but with two 

 hairy caterpillars. 



Eopsaltria australis. — Pretty common. Breeding. 



26/9/96. Found a yellow robin's nest in a small bunch of 

 flood rubbish on Axe Creek, three eggs. After I had taken 

 the eggs the bird came back and sat on the nest for a 

 moment, got up and looked at it in a mjstified way, gave it 

 a touch or two with its feet, sat on it again, and went 

 through the same performance several times. It appeared 

 quite unable to understand the matter. 



Pachycephala gutturalis. ) —Both fairly common in the scrub. 



Pachycephala rufiventris. j Breeding. 



Climacteris leucophoea. 1 t-> ,, . , 



«,. , . , r y — Both common in parts. 



UJimacteris scandens. ) r 



Climacteris erythrops. — I believe 1 have seen this species also, but 

 I am not quite sure of it. 



Acanthcrhynchus tenuirostris. — Seems commoner in the town than 

 in the bush. It makes its first appearance in town about 

 March, and I think it clears out again before nesting. Have 

 found its nest. 



Zosterops cserulescene. — Pretty common. Breeding. 



Melithreptus lunulatus. — Used to be very abundant, but scarcer 

 lately. 

 31/8/95. Strathfieldsaye. Come across a great flock of lunu- 

 lated honeyeaters, which must have been several hundred 

 strong. 



Melithreptus gularis. — Have seen this bird once only here. 



Meliphaga phrygia. — Was very common indeed in 1894 and 1895, 

 but during the two following years I did not see it except in 

 a solitary instance. Very plentiful again in 1898. Breed- 

 ing. Also occurs in the town. 



Ptilotis leucotis. — Have observed a single individual. 



Ptilotis auricomis. — Remarkably abundant, both in the town and 

 in the bush. Breeding. Seems to like an occasional vine- 

 moth (Agarista) . 

 24/5/97. Axe Creek. A few yellow-tufted honeyeaters in the 

 saplings ; every now and then one makes a short excursion 

 in the air after an insect, dodging as it dodges, and you can 

 plainly hear the sharp click of the mandibles as it snaps at 

 > its victim. 



16/10/97. Nest with two unfledged young in hakea. Bird 

 does not leave till I am looking right into nest, when it 

 jumps hurriedly out and tries to draw me off by the old 

 dodge of feigning to be hurt. 



Ptilotis ornata. — Very abundant. Breeding. Sticks very close to 

 the nest after the eggs are laid. Common in town at times. 



Manorhina garrula. — Common in most parts, but especially towards 

 the Campaspe ; at Sandy Creek it occurs in immense num- 

 bers. Breeding. 



