RUFOUS FANTAIL 
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It is likely the species breeds in the ranges near 
Anakie. 
The Rufous Fantail has a low and pleasing song, 
but does not often display its powers. 
WAGTAIL OR BLACK-AND-WHITE 
FANTAIL 
Leucocirca tricolor tricolor 
Black-and-white Fantail, Shepherd's Companion, 
Willie Wagtail, he has a variety of names, and is one 
of our most popular birds, living almost, as it seems, 
for preference in the neighbourhood of dwellings in the 
country, and constantly to be seen perched on the 
backs of sheep or cattle, searching for parasitical insects. 
Though sometimes found in the drier parts of the 
bush, it evinces a decided preference for water, and 
is therefore most abundant along the course of the 
Rivers Barwon and Moorabool. But there can be 
few parts of this district where it is not to be met 
with. In the Otway forest it is only seen in clearings, 
not (like the two other Fantails) along the timbered 
valleys of mountain streams. Flat country it likes 
better than hilly. It is an entirely resident and non- 
migratory species. 
It is vocal throughout the year, and has two dis- 
similar sets of notes. One is that usually represented 
by the words " sweet pretty creature " — a sound 
which recalls to me a camp at the Sheepwash, at 
which one of these birds invariably perched on top of 
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