. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 122 THE BIRDS OF THE COBEORA DISTRICT. covering, while the nest of P. riilicivora is always constructed of greyish material. They usually lay three eggs for a sitting, and about a dozen nests I have examined containing eggs were all found between October 22nd and November 27th. Pseudogerygone culicivora (Western Fly-eater).—Always met with in pairs. Some years during the spring and summer months they are rather plentiful, but they do not remain here during the winter. Breeding here freely, their nests are usually placed low down, often wit
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 122 THE BIRDS OF THE COBEORA DISTRICT. covering, while the nest of P. riilicivora is always constructed of greyish material. They usually lay three eggs for a sitting, and about a dozen nests I have examined containing eggs were all found between October 22nd and November 27th. Pseudogerygone culicivora (Western Fly-eater).—Always met with in pairs. Some years during the spring and summer months they are rather plentiful, but they do not remain here during the winter. Breeding here freely, their nests are usually placed low down, often within a few feet of the ground, and as I have mentioned in my notes of the preceding species, their nests can always be distinguished from each other by the colour. They are generally decorated with bits of newspaper if available, or whitish egg-bags of spiders, and some nests have exceptionally long tails. Although I have examined a great number of their nests, I have never found one containing an egg of a Cuckoo. They mostly lay three eggs for a sitting, which show considerable variation in the markings. I have taken their eggs from September 23rd till as late as December Nest of the Western Fly-eater (Pseudogerygone culicivora). Rhipidura albiscapa (White-shafted Fantail).—Rather a common species in suitable country, more especially during the spring and summer ; generally met with in pairs, often returning to the same locality year after year. They breed here, but owing to the birds being exceptionally close sitters, and also the nest being usually placed in a whitegum sapling, the branches of which are so much the same colour as the nest, it is very difficult to find. I have put my hand within a few inches of a sitting bird before it would leave the nest. They generally lay three eggs for a sitting in the month of October. Rhipidura tricolor (Black and White Fantail).—Very common throughout the district, but being a lover of water it is more frequently met with i
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