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M,coneinna). Thrush, (P. rufigaster), Butcher bird, (C,quoyi). 
Pigeons , (ii. spllorrhoa, C. chrysochlora, M,assimilis ), “Doves, ; 
(G,humeralis, C, tranguilia), Kingfisher, (S,flavirostris). Pitta, 
(Py eimillima); were seen and heard, Give the horses a spell to 
day. “After nreakrawt we set of to have @ hunt through the sezub_ 
“dow along the foot of the range from the camp ; 1 work up all the 
serubby erecks and ravines for a couple of miles down, no water 
in any of them and very little bird life. a one ‘patch of serub- 
& pair of Robins, (D, superof1iosa) were sech and watehed tor some 
time, no result, A pair of Manusodes, ( (P.goulad) were noted just ; 
starting to build, twenty feet from the ground in the top Ba 
_ bushy tree; “both birds did their share of work. A pair iy 
Buteher birds were heard calling close by, but I could not find a ; 
ey their nest. Icave the range and follow a serubby oreck down for a 
. about a mi £ to the main oreek; ‘then work back up along it to . Wi 
; the comp. There are some good belts of serub along ‘the mein, Vs 
ereck, but not mach bird life in it, Two lots of ceortroyus ‘8 
3 nale ond female, ond two females were seen and watehed for some i 
time, no result. A ‘female Belectus Was heard ealling ond found 
| i in a hollow, about seventy feet trom the ground in a deciduous " * | 
pee: tree; shortly after the male flew to the tree and the female ay "9 
y ond élew uP close to hd, poth birds: are AGT a 
lett the “neltor 
br good plunge § 80 there nay be. ogee in this nest; e: will have a 
acs of deodducus trees, goed, Benes. in both 
ae asa not os near Picain a a lot i mowlted eee. 
