368 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
Rokewood, on June 3rd, 1912. That autumn had been 
dry. For some time prior to the date of his letter 
Mr. Noble had seen a Crow carrying sticks and sheep's 
wool to a windmill in a paddock where ewes were 
lambing, and by June 2nd the nest was completed 
on the windmill platform and one egg laid. The nest 
was afterwards blown down. 
The nest is a wide and deep structure of heavy 
sticks of she-oak or gum, lined with a thick pad of 
wool, cow-hair, or rabbit's fur. On the plains it is 
generally built in a she-oak tree, and is then often 
visible for a considerable distance, particularly when 
fixed in the top fork of some central branch of the 
tree, just a little below the leaves. Sometimes it is 
within 8 or ID feet of the ground. Nearer the hills 
the nest is built in an almost inaccessible position in a 
redgum. 
The nest is sometimes added to and used in a 
second season. 
The eggs are three, four, or five in number, slightly 
larger than a Magpie's, but in comparison wider at 
the " shoulder " and tapering more to a point. The 
ground-colour is bluish green, which is spotted all 
over except right on the smaller end with spots, streaks, 
and irregular-shaped markings of dark green, reddish, 
and brown, with usually one or two small spots or 
streaks of jet-black. 
