. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . sJi-liroirn n-illi o, >/ellonis/i-n-/iite lonceohitr a/ri/ie doivn tlie centre of eachleather, ami erenli/ hlotchrd on eitlor sid,- n-ith hhick; of the ii/i/ier nurfnce blackinh-broicutransrersel 1/ barred ?nlth bn/fij irlnti, exce/il on the centre of the feathers, irhich hare strijus like the oiantle ; qnjlh /iron:u ; ojtper n-in/-corert.^ t/rei/ish iironii and marked likethe back : lorrs, throat, and ear corerts bnli, tin- latter brmru nt thf li/is ; on tlo- centre of the cheat a
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . sJi-liroirn n-illi o, >/ellonis/i-n-/iite lonceohitr a/ri/ie doivn tlie centre of eachleather, ami erenli/ hlotchrd on eitlor sid,- n-ith hhick; of the ii/i/ier nurfnce blackinh-broicutransrersel 1/ barred ?nlth bn/fij irlnti, exce/il on the centre of the feathers, irhich hare strijus like the oiantle ; qnjlh /iron:u ; ojtper n-in/-corert.^ t/rei/ish iironii and marked likethe back : lorrs, throat, and ear corerts bnli, tin- latter brmru nt thf li/is ; on tlo- centre of the cheat ablock ]>ntch ; feat Iocs on tin siiles ,if the dost, thr Irreitst and the abdomu n-hite streaked with blackdoicn the centre: loii-er llank feittlo-cs riitoiis-hn/f mottleil ntith black, nnd harin;/ a broad ichite shaftstripe; bill deij) bl nish bliok at tin- base, jiassinij into black tiear tin- ti/i; bujs and feet lleshi/-n-/nfe ,■iris /,,tal li-vi/th / ■ .-i inches, icinij .;, tail IS. Iiill ■■>, tarsus (lU. (-•OTHUNIX. 171. :.—/>///■: from !}„■ mah in h,iruu, ih,. ^iha nf ll,. h-a^l, n.^ck ,nul ,„rrrnish-hlack : //,. //iroal N-hil, ,inil llie „f th. ,-h^st Inipj-irhU^,subm(ir(iinalh/ Idyed nu lilher .ii,/i iiilli JiUick. yj/s/nVw/;,-;/. —North-westein Australia, Oueensland, New South Wales, Xictoria, SouthAustralia, Central Australia, Tasmania. /T^ilH Sub-order Phasiaxa is one of the most ,t;roups of liirds inhabiting, Australia -L and Tasmania, for it affords satisfaction alike to the Ornithologist and sportsman, and is the means of furnishing a livelihood to a number of persons who earn a living by what they snare and shoot. As long as there areiJird Protection Acts or Game Acts, andOrnithologists and sportsmen, so willthere he a divergence of opinion as towhat constitutes the proper close season,and they will lie no nearer finalityseveraldecades hence unless given absolutep
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