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for the nest-site is about 8 feet from the ground, 
but the first nest I found was 60 feet up on a pro- 
jecting branch of a giant ironbark at Airey's Inlet. 
In that case, also, the male did all the fetching and 
carrying of material for the nest, going over a hundred 
yards for it ; I did not see the female at the nest. 
This bird is a regular spring visitor to the You 
Yangs, Dog Rocks, and Jan Juc bush. 
GROUND-BIRD OR SPOTTED GROUND- 
THRUSH 
Cinclosoma punctatum neglectum 
Travellers by vehicle from Jan Juc to Anglesea and 
Airey's Inlet may have noticed a bird of varied plum- 
age rise, with a whirr like a Quail, from the heathy 
growth by the roadside, to pitch abruptly, after a 
low, rockety, undulating flight, a matter of 20 or 
30 yards farther off. This is the Spotted Ground- 
thrush, a bird which, while now becoming rare, 
is still well distributed over the more secluded belts 
of bush, and may be found all the year round at 
Ocean Grove, Anakie, and the forest about Anglesea. 
It has no migratory movements, but in the autumn, 
after the first rains, one comes sometimes upon half 
a dozen birds together. 
The male has a black throat and chest-band ; the 
female's throat is whitish, and she has no pectoral 
band. 
