. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. Vol yi-1 Mattinglev, Plundered for their Plumes. 73 I was unhurt by the fall, thanks to the water, but I received a few scratches from the tree, principally about the wrists. My clothes were damped, but not my ardour, and I managed to send up the rope ladder, and re-ascended the tree, where I secured another snap-shot of the poor starvelings from a precarious coien of vantage. Nesting Place of Australian Swifts. By D. Le Sou'ef, , &c., Melbourne. When visiting Japan lately (25/7/07) in company with our member, Mr. R
. The Emu. Birds -- Periodicals; Birds -- Australasia Periodicals. Vol yi-1 Mattinglev, Plundered for their Plumes. 73 I was unhurt by the fall, thanks to the water, but I received a few scratches from the tree, principally about the wrists. My clothes were damped, but not my ardour, and I managed to send up the rope ladder, and re-ascended the tree, where I secured another snap-shot of the poor starvelings from a precarious coien of vantage. Nesting Place of Australian Swifts. By D. Le Sou'ef, , &c., Melbourne. When visiting Japan lately (25/7/07) in company with our member, Mr. R. A. D. Hood, I was enabled to visit the Kegon Waterfall, near Nikko. It is a beautiful cascade of about 270 feet in height and a considerable amount of water also comes out from the apparently conglomerate rock lying under the harder slate-like formation. We were told that in winter it almost ceased running. It drains the Chuzenji Lake, which is about half a mile away, and 4,375 feet above sea-level. We were pleased to see many Spine-tailed {ChcEtura caudacuta) and White-rumped Swifts {Micropus pacificus) circling round in the precipitous gorge beneath us, both close to the falling water and further down. Later, towards evening, they hunted for their winged prey well above the gorge. We noticed single birds every now and again darting down towards the overhanging wall of rock to a place under a jagged ledge (marked with a white cross in the photo.), and, bringing our strong field-glasses to bear on the spot, were delighted in being able to clearly distinguish three nests of the Spine-tailed Swifts. The White-rumped Swifts seemed to dart into holes or crevices, where they evidently had their nests, but we could not distinguish them. Of the three nests of the larger bird, two contained young, which we saw the parents feeding, and when so doing they clung on to the side of the nest for a brief moment; while the third had a bird sitting. The nests were large, and made of mud, evid
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