370 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
Of the two species the Otway Forester is the more 
audacious and cunning robber. The raids continue 
till the end of autumn, as long as any fruit is left on 
the trees. 
On July 2 1st, 1902, Mr. Mulder noted several of 
these birds in an orchard at Highton, this being the 
first time he had remarked them in that district. 
About the year 1888 seven or eight Otway Foresters 
visited the Eastern Park ; I have no note of the date, 
but believe it w^s in the winter, that being indeed 
the only time of the year when Geelong is visited by 
forest-breeding species. 
The eye of this bird is of a bright golden yellow. 
GREY MAGPIE 
Neostrepera versicolor vieilloti 
This species occupies in the drier messmate scrubs 
to the east of the Otway thq place which the Otway 
Forester holds in the forest proper, the two species 
being found together at Lorne and sometimes at 
Airey's Inlet, from midsummer till July. The Grey 
Magpie is noticeable for its large size, general grey 
plumage and white markings on the wings. 
An occasional odd bird may be found in winter 
or early spring at some distance from the breeding- 
haunts (I have seen individuals at the Dog Rocks, 
at Torquay, and even in the Eastern Park), but in 
general the species keeps to the same quarters all 
