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tjngar qf ii^ iifcinity of water ; and tlicsp Inrdir 

 were very innncrniis.* Pcrehcfl on a lofty trcr, 

 tlie " razor-grinder'' bird of the colonists inay 

 be heard uttering its peculiar sciz, scizaring 

 itote^, which so closely teseinMes th6 noise of 



the razor-grinder's macliine,'' hs to runder 

 its appelUititin well desei'ved. The Ijird first 

 commences Avith a ratlit'r prolonged whistling' 

 note, which is succeeded by the peculiar griiid- 



iiig mimt moBm^ for mm 6me without in- 

 tenaisaioii, lesembBl^ in S0ia« degree the noise 

 produced by the drums of the male Tetttxjonlce^ 

 whose dinning notes resound throiigli the 

 woods during summer, almost to tlie exclusion 

 <)fiatll other h^^^tixKmioua 4ir iiih^^^m^ d^iai^ 



tant fi-omthe house, at wliich the junction of the 

 Murrumbidgec with the Tmnat river takes |dace. 

 Many persons consider the latter to have the more 

 direct course^ and consequently to 1)e £he Jtndsi 

 stream wlMi li contiiLuecl to sea, (according 

 to the discovery of Captain Start,) and that the 

 Murrumhidgee empties itself into the Tumat. 

 Others difler from this opinion ; but in point of 

 fact, both streams unite at this place, and form 



* The pliimiigc oK this bird is green \ legs and bill of an 

 oniiigi,' colour, with mi orange mark under ihe eye ; irides 



a-ltaifl its^od is Insect. 



