. Bird notes . by smaller birds and beasts. He is not one of my favoured guests; a stone flung at random hunts him from my sanctum. Away he goes. We hear his metallic voiceemphasising his indignation at a safe distance. Chitta-bob, chitta-bob ! Here is the little bird that builds iu ahole ill the walls or under the roofs. I have even heard him in our country church, the impudent little fellow. He is a kind of diamondsparrow, but not so beautifully speckled or coloured as those of li is species,flying ill flocks, and seldom coining near human habitations. But now the sun is setting behind the w
. Bird notes . by smaller birds and beasts. He is not one of my favoured guests; a stone flung at random hunts him from my sanctum. Away he goes. We hear his metallic voiceemphasising his indignation at a safe distance. Chitta-bob, chitta-bob ! Here is the little bird that builds iu ahole ill the walls or under the roofs. I have even heard him in our country church, the impudent little fellow. He is a kind of diamondsparrow, but not so beautifully speckled or coloured as those of li is species,flying ill flocks, and seldom coining near human habitations. But now the sun is setting behind the wooded hills. My lodgers are retiring to rest. The wagtail whistles goodnight to her husband; the magpies croon a lullaby to their babies; the wrens give one trilling run of happiness, and subside into silence; from the scrub conies the echoing laughter ofthe shepherds bell, the kookaburras. Good-night; peace and security be with you, my feathered coni- panions. —Sydney and Australasian Mail. w O s ,sk ^,-;. All rights reserved]. [June, 190S. BIRD NOTES: THE JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. £be (Brecn or flDeyican 3at>. (Xanthoura luxuosa).By Mrs. E. Warren Vernon. I have obtained a grass-green Inca Jay, and as it may beunknown to some of our members, a slight account of him maybe interesting, and I hope Mr. Page will supplement this articlewith correct name, habitat, etc. * It is a lovely bird, with really gorgeous plumage. Frontof head, spot over eye, and nape of neck bright cobalt blue ;crown green shot with blue ; sides of head and throat black,relieved with several patches of sheeny purplish-blue ; the blueof the nape iniperceptably merges into the grass-green ofthe back and upper surface ; the breast and entire under surfaceis lemon-yellow ; two central tail feathers peacock-blue, theremainder grass-green ; beak black; legs pale green ; eye bright3Tellow with black iris, which dilates like a parrots. He is a very lively, vigorous and interesting bird, full ofchar
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