resounding roar, the) gradually close in towards the shoal water, driving their prey before them. When 

 the] have thus closed their victims into a narrow space, and apparently after another signal has been 

 cnven to change 1 1 > « - bactioe, the beating is discontinued and a most exciting scramble ensues for the 

 Bab which have been hemmed in. Bach bird drops the results of its fishing into its pouch, which 

 j» capable of distention BO as to hold a great quantity of food, contracting into a small space 



urban empty. 



The nest, which is large and made with considerable care, is usually built just above the 

 i line in sheltered spots mi the banks of rivers and inlets; sticks and dry herbage are used in 

 H construction. The eggs, two iii number, are dull yellow in colour, and are three inches and 

 three-quarters long by two inches and three-eighths broad. 



Head, neck, back, under surfaces, and elongated feathers of greater wing-coverts, white, with 

 r tinge of pair villnu mi the breast : remainder of the wing, dark brown; tail, brown; pouch, greyish- 

 yellow; brides, dark; orbits, light: round the eye, yellow, with margin of pale blue; bill, bluish, with 

 a pink shade on upper mandible; tip, yellow: tarsi, yellow: legs and feet, grey; nails, darker. 



Habitats Tasmania and Southern parts of Australia: more rarely met with in Queensland 

 and upper parts of South and West Australia. 



