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"There are few young Emus to be seen. There are plenty of 
old birds of both sexes about, but through the drought they 
have not laid." — A. J. SiMPSON. Deniliquin, N.S.W., 8/10/01. 
Field Notes of Jno. T. Tunny, Western Australian 
Museum, made on Bedout Islands, 30 Miles N.W. of 
Condon, April, 1901. — One egg of the Crested Tern 
{Sterna bergii) in each nest, which is only a small hole in the 
sand. In colonies. 
Sooty Tern {S. fuliginosd). One egg in each nest. 
Small Tern (species }'), One egg in each nest, usually in 
the sand, under the tall grass. 
Booby or Brown Gannet {Sula suld). In each nest two eggs. 
Nest is usually a small hole scratched in sand,' sometimes a few 
pieces of sponge, &c., strewn round. (See plate ii., part i). 
Masked Gannet {S. cyanops). Two eggs to each nest, on the 
sand. (See plate ii.) 
Lesser Frigate Bird {Fregata artel). One egg to each nest. 
(See plate ii.) 
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Richmond River (N.S.W.) Notes. — Mr. Henry R. Elvery 
reports two curious notes from the Richmond River scrubs : — 
(i.) In several instances he has observed that the small Brown 
Tit (Acanthiza pusilla) relines deserted domiciles of the Yellow- 
throated Scrub Wren ( Sericornis citreogularis ), and lays its own 
eggs therein. (2.) Not far from Mr. Elvery's house was a bower 
of a Satin Bird in a patch of second-growth scrub. When the 
Satin Bird left the district (it does not breed there) the bower 
was appropriated by a Regent Bird. Mr. Elvery was witness to 
these facts himself. 
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The Brush Cuckoo ( Cacomantis variolosus). — An egg was 
found on the King's Birthday (9th November) at Scotchman's 
Creek, Oakleigh, near Melbourne, in a White-shafted Fan-tail's 
nest, together with two eggs of the Fan-tail. Incubation had 
commenced in all the eggs, but was more advanced in the strange 
egg. The nest, which was situated in a thick belt of tea-tree 
{Melaleuca), was placed so low that one could look into it whilst 
standing alongside. — P. AND A. YoUNG. Caulfield Grammar 
School. 
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A Spotted Bower Bird at Home. — There is a Bower 
Bird's playground here (Crowsdale, Q.) — quite a new one. The 
bird is getting quite a collection about him — small stones, 
y snails' shells, pieces of paper, bleached and burnt bones, 
green berries, caterpillars' webs, and a Hooded Robin's egg- 
shell. The last-mentioned, which I gave him, occupies a place 
