. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . Qne&ns\, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia,North-western Australia. |FN Eastern Australia, the Crested Wedge-bill is strictly an inhabitant of the inlandJl. portions of the continent, but in Western Australia it is also found near the is a variation in the depth of colour in this species, some having that bleachedappearance found in birds inhabiting very hot and arid districts, although this is not always thecase. The darkest specimen in the Australian Museum collection is an exampl
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . Qne&ns\, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia,North-western Australia. |FN Eastern Australia, the Crested Wedge-bill is strictly an inhabitant of the inlandJl. portions of the continent, but in Western Australia it is also found near the is a variation in the depth of colour in this species, some having that bleachedappearance found in birds inhabiting very hot and arid districts, although this is not always thecase. The darkest specimen in the Australian Museum collection is an example procured byMr. George Sharpe at Kanowna, about seventy-five miles to the north-east of Kalgoorlie,Western Australia, and is furthermore distinguished by the under surface having a distinctreddish-buff shade. The wing-measurement of adult males varies from 3-2 to 3-45 inches. Mr. G. .\. Keartland writes me:âSphenostoma cristatum is found throughout the interiorof Central and North-western Australia, wherever scattered scrub or low bushes abound. It is Al31. CRESTED WEDGE-BILL. 342 a rather shy and wary bird, and would seldom be found but for its tinkling notes, which arefrequently heard as early as 3 and long after dark at night. On moonlight nights theysing at any time. They are generally found in pairs, but it is remarkable how often a youngmale, with a horn-coloured bill, is found apparently mated to an old female, and vice are very active on the ground and amongst the foliage of low scrub. Whether feedingor perched they sing nearly all the time. They build a very neat saucer-shaped nest, nicelylined with fine grass, in a low bush at from one to three feet from the ground. Sometimesonly one egg is laid, but last season Mr. Cowle sent me a set of three. Dr. \V. Macgillivray has sent me the following note from Broken Hill, in south-westernNew South Wales:âI have only seen one example of Spheiwstoma cristatum, a male, which Ishot from a stunted ac
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