. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE YELLOW-BREASTED SHRIKE-EOBIN 355 and their larvie. It has a very pleasant and friendly note when it elects to sing, but while you are watching each other the bird generally preserves silence. It breeds throughout the latter half of the year, rearing two or more broods, and is a close sitter. The nest is usually placed on the fork of a low tree, and is a round cup-shaped structure, composed of strips of soft bark and. From life. D. Le Souef. Nest of Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin: Eopsaltria ay.^tralis. fibrous matter, the outside and rim beautifully trimmed w
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE YELLOW-BREASTED SHRIKE-EOBIN 355 and their larvie. It has a very pleasant and friendly note when it elects to sing, but while you are watching each other the bird generally preserves silence. It breeds throughout the latter half of the year, rearing two or more broods, and is a close sitter. The nest is usually placed on the fork of a low tree, and is a round cup-shaped structure, composed of strips of soft bark and. From life. D. Le Souef. Nest of Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin: Eopsaltria ay.^tralis. fibrous matter, the outside and rim beautifully trimmed with lichens, and strips of bark attached by means of cobweb and hung vertically around the nest. It is lined with soft material, wiry grasses or hair. The eggs, 2 or 3 in number, of a bright apple or bluish-green ground colour, speckled and spotted all over with different shades of reddish and chestnut-brown. Dimensions .83 x .62 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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