One of the most interesting of the residents is the Eastern 
Shrike-Tit, a most striking bird with its large black and white 
crest and yellow breast, and exceptionally strong black bill which 
has a small hook at its tip. 
Both the Golden and the Rufous Whistlers are frequenters 
of the Park, the former all the time and the latter a little 
irregularly — both have an extensive repertoire of soft and 
mellow whistles with several notes similar and equal to some of 
the notes of the European Nightingale. The familiar Grey 
Shrike-Thrush is a bird that competes with the White-backed 
Magpie for prima donna of the Australian bush. Another most 
interesting bird represented in the Park by a single species is the 
White-browed Babbler. It used to be extremely numerous 
throughout the district, and is still present in reduced numbers. 
In some parts of this State the bird is called “The Twelve 
Apostles'’ because of the habit of feeding in companies. The 
first of a company will fly to the ground a few yards away, say 
from a sheoak, and commence to reach the tree by huge hops, 
and then fly into the branches and begin a spiral ascent, flitting 
from branch to branch. Each of the company will follow the 
procedure of the first bird, but long before the full complement 
had reached that particular tree the first-comer has passed on. 
Some of the call-notes of this bird are a pleasing whistle, but 
on the other hand other expressions suggest raucous swear words. 
The long legs, long and strong curved beak, and long white 
stripe above the eye easily distinguish this from all our other 
birds. 
The black and white plumage of the Willie Wagtail is seen 
everywhere and its small relative, the Grey Fantail, is ever 
present, and in spring its nest may be noted on some bare stringy- 
bark bough, always with a strip of bark hanging down below the 
branch, seemingly nothing more than a hapless piece that has 
lodged there. The Restless Flycatcher rather resembles the 
Willie Wagtail, but has the white of the abdomen and neck 
carried right up to the beak and a satin black cap which it can 
elevate as a partial crest ; it also has the unusual vocal distinction 
of making a sound like grinding teeth or grinding scissors. The 
White-winged Triller is another white and black bird, often called 
the Caterpillar-Eater because of the efficient manner it hovers 
just above the grass and pounces down gathering caterpillars. 
The familiar little Jacky Winter is a friendly little grey bird. 
The Black-capped Sittella, which loves to creep about the boughs 
of a sheoak, like any mouse, searching for insects in the crannies 
of the bark, now and again visits the Park in companies. The 
two Tree Creepers, the Brown and the White-throated, both are 
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