6- Mar 18th Heard a female call, om the outskirts of this area 
but did not flush the bird. 
Tommy flushed a couple of birds in another part of this area 
about 160 yds from where I had often seen the birds, he also 
found a nest that the Goannas had raided a cpuple of days 
previous. 
Mar 19th Go along to where Tommy had seen the birds and 2m 
found the old nest. Nest in a short grass pocket, Similar 
to others previously found, T wo females flushed from about 
the same spot, 
Go to where I heard the female call yesterday afternoon, 
flush a female about 50 yds from the spot. no nest found, 
}- Search all the short grass pocketaé, found another nest 
Mar 19th that the Goannas had raided, nest in similar position to 
others. 
6- Mar 19th Afternoon, Semale heard call near where the birds 
flushed this morning. 
same distance from this area 
G- Mar 20th Half mile from camp/a female heard calling 
Visit this spot next morning and in the afternoon but do 
not hear or see the bird 
Mar 22nd Visit spot again in the morning no sign of the bi 4 
bird. Start to closely s:arch the whole area. Bventually 
flush a female, later on find the nest 1lyds from where 
the bird flushed, 4 eggs, apparently hard set. Spent a few 
hours waiting to get a snap of bird at nest, but she would 
not go to it, she flushed again a HRWXERAEX a couple of 
feet to the side of the nest. Nest 150yds from where the 
bird was calling on the 20th, in a fairly big area of short 
erass country, Bird flew into long grass when flushed, when 
Tommy flushed her there she flew into the short grass arcg 
she flew into the lomg grass again when she flushed from 
near the nest. Nest Placed between a stoolm of long grass 
and a small shrub, shape spherical, composed of fine blades 
of long grass and fine stems of wiry grass. Measurements, 
‘ length 6in. depth 5in. width 53in. Inside, length 42 in. 
width and depth 4 in. Bntrance 32 in wide 3 in deep 
Afternoon, go along to where we flush the birds(Mar 19th) 
yesterday, a few yds from the spot, found a nest from which 
the young had lately hatched, ome addled egg and shells of 
three others. A female flushed a few yds from marked tree 
search round and find another nest just raided by Goannas, 
% eggshells, nest in similar position to others, 
Next day, go along to the same spot, Tommy found a nest 
2 eges a few yds from raided nest found yesterday. 
8- Mar 23rd Hear female call 300 yds from marked tree and =a 
about the same distance from where I shot female Nov 21st 
Mar 24th. Send Tommy along to where I heard the bird call 
yesterday afternoon, He came back in about 1% hours, said 
he had found the nest, it contained 4 eggs. Go along with 
him. Nest about 200yds from where I heard the bird call, 
and about 40tyds from where Tommy flushed the bird, 
In short grass pocket at base of stool of long grass, am- 
ongst short grass; shape spherical, composed of narrow 
plades oflong dry grass and short stems of wiry grass, a 
couple of leaves of Ironbark in the bottom of nest, Wait 
to get a shot at the bird, in about twad hours time she 
returned, and on seeing the cleared space round the nest 
ran off before I could get a shot, . 
Measurements, outside length 53 in. width 5 in. depth 52 th 
Inside length 42 in, width and depth 3$ in. Entrance 2% in 
Wide by 3 in deep; ragged ends stick out over the entrance 
about 5 in. 
Afternoon %extxtax I went along to the nest, bird had been back at 
‘ it, imitate the call for some time, the bird replys once 
from some long grass near the nest . 
