xxviii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
FACING PAGE 
Young Boobook Owls, Torquay . . . . .166 
Home of the Delicate Owl : a Bit of Bush near Torquay . 169 
At the Dog Rocks : Haunt of Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater 180 
Messmate Tree with Nesting-hollow of Laughing Jackass, 
NEAR AnGLESEA . I98 
Colony of Fairy Martins' Nests in Old Quarry, Barrabool 220 
Nest of Brown Flycatcher, Jan Juc .... 222 
Scarlet Robin (Female) on Nest in Dead Prickly Acacia, 
You Yangs 224 
Nest of White-throated Thickhead in Wild-cherry Tree, 
Anakie ......... 232 
Photo by H.A. Purnell, Esq. 
Nest of Rufous Thickhead in Messmate, Jan Juc . . 234 
Yellow Robin on Nest ....... 236 
Photo by H. A. Purnell, Esq. 
White-shafted Fantail on Nest, Jaar-nu-ruc Creek, Torquay 238 
Near Anglesea : Haunt of Geelong Ground-wren . .251 
Calamanthus' Nest in Tussock, Big Marsh, Connewarre . 256 
Mountain Thrush's Nest, Anglesea ..... 260 
Chat's Nest in Furze Bush, Connewarre .... 262 
Nest of Little Grass-bird, showing Swan-feathers bent over 
Eggs 268 
Nest of Brown Tit in Sword-grass, Mount Misery, Anglesea 272 
Nest of Striated Tit in Ironbark Sapling, Bull's Well . 276 
Tomtit's Nest typically situated in Overhanging She-oak, 
Torquay 278 
Sericornis' Nest built in Straw Hat .... 284 
Photo by H. Morrow, Esq. 
Blue Wren's Nest at Foot of Lilac Bush, Torquay . .286 
