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length of three feet tvcnerally,— althouo-Ii some 

 were even longer, — terniiiiatin**' in a spaeo from 

 six to eight inches broad, where the eggs are laid . 

 no &«diw^€<»iis^'t»$te4r ^ assaml^ikitif the 

 first hmWf I I&iii3bd hm yonii^ mm teposi^ 

 upon the bare sand. I covered the burrow as 

 well as possible, heaving tin* yonng ones to a 

 mother's care, who soon returned to her progeny. 



(MiBt Imttm imimmd ftdm hmu fiv^ white 

 ]ieai% tmind The limgth of thdse Wp^Ss^ 



was ten inches from tlic l^eak t9Q'&<iiwo project^ 

 ing tail feathers, whieli hist were usually an inch 

 and a half beyond the others : tlie iddes were 

 of a beautiful bright-red colour. 

 There are setreral ^^ies of Mrd« mm 



dayiug the su 1 1 nn^ #|^son, migrating in the 

 winter, and otliers returning in the winter, and 

 taking their departure in the suninier. Observa- 

 tions upon the migration of birds in this colony 

 would "he iiiiai^edtlia^, as the adcoiint^ <^m 

 contradietory. The elegant satin-liird/' (Pti- 

 Umrj/nchus of Ti^rnvtltir/f,) it is said, leaves the 

 Murrunil)i(lg('t' eduntiy during sunniier, return- 

 ing in autumn : it is also mentioned, that the 

 abon^nes itever kill this bird.* 

 Cattle and i^e^ ^tions TuOm esdfmd for some 



* The aboriginies call our domestic &yv/hs as well $S alll 

 \>irdSf by the g:eneral name of " Bupm 



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