3o8 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OP GEELONG 
more than 20 feet from the ground — 10 feet would 
be about the average in my experience — and is 
placed at the end of a horizontal branch or, more 
rarely, near the top of a sapling. The native honey- 
suckle or Banksia and the bull-oak are its favourite 
nesting-trees. 
I once found seven eggs together in a nest ; these 
were clearly separable into two sets of four and three 
respectively, and had no doubt been laid by different 
females. The eggs are in ground-colour apple- 
green ; but the spots, instead of being equally diffused 
as is the case with the Magpie's egg, are generally 
formed into a distinct ring round the larger end. 
At nesting-time both birds are very fierce and 
fly at anyone who approaches the nest ; but I have 
not known of their actually striking a man with their 
beaks. 
CRESTED SHRIKE OR FRONTAL SHRIKE- 
TIT 
Falcunculus frontatus flavigulus 
In the bush it might be possible, at first sight, to 
mistake this bird for the male of the White-throated 
Thickhead, for they are about the same size and each 
has a yellow breast ; but the Shrike may always be 
distinguished by his crest, which is black with a 
white stripe below it. Nor has he the white throat 
and black neck-band which, as we saw, characterise 
the Thickhead. 
