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at him until lie was nearly beside himself with rage, and thei: 
adding insult ro injury by offerinp, to feed him! On the other- 
hand a young Robin which got into the BUiebonnets' aviary was 
not molested, though this must not l)e taken as proof that Blue- 
bonnets are safe with Finches and other Passerines. 

A Retrospect 
By W. a. Bainbridge. 
(Continued from page 12^). 
A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA. 
Shortly befoie the war I was ordered a sea voyage for 
my health and at once thought of Australia and all the birds I 
could bring back; so Australia it was! On arriving there for 
a few weeks' stay only, I had to get busy. I arranged \\'ith 
man to catch me a few hundred of the rarer small soitbills, 
including, I fear, a few species on the prohibited list ; as a rnattet 
of fact, that did not matter, as the weather either change! or did 
not change, I forget which, and he never caught me any. 
Meanwhile I was upon the Blue Mountains, with :i little 
bird-lime just in case I saw a chance, and, having no call-bird, 
things were difficult. I finally got over that by turnng over an 
ants' nest and putting the limed wire near by. I very soon 
caught a few Scrub Wrens, and they acted as call-birds for more 
and for a Robin. He acted as call-bird for several more of the 
same species; and finally a few Honey-eaters, until I ha 1 quite 
a nice little collection of softbills. 
I then started purchasing Seed-eaters, and got together 
several hundreds made up of Diamond Sparrows, Zebra 
Finches, Long-tailed Grasshnches, Bicheno's, and a fe\v odd 
Parrot, Ruticauda. and Red-headed Gouldian Finches, also 
a few rare Parrakeets, including a lovely pair of ti^oded, 
and a bunch of Rosellas to make weight. 
