. Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon . £mu. :. C BnUlebaak Pinx Caa^so^vary ..a Lui-.,ol-/:/lJcU Ent 1073 APPENDIX. The MSS. for this volume were completed in 1899, but thi-ough theunavoidable delay, chiefly caused in sending the proofs thereof betweenEngland and Australia, another year has elapsed. The delay, however,has enabled the Author to make a few impoitant additions of itemsthat have been overlooked in the bulk of the work, or of new descrip-tions (some by other workers) wliich have recently come t


. Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon . £mu. :. C BnUlebaak Pinx Caa^so^vary ..a Lui-.,ol-/:/lJcU Ent 1073 APPENDIX. The MSS. for this volume were completed in 1899, but thi-ough theunavoidable delay, chiefly caused in sending the proofs thereof betweenEngland and Australia, another year has elapsed. The delay, however,has enabled the Author to make a few impoitant additions of itemsthat have been overlooked in the bulk of the work, or of new descrip-tions (some by other workers) wliich have recently come to hand. Forthe sake of priority tlie general work may be quoted for 1899, theAppendix for 1900. 54. PtILORHIS PARADI8EA. RIFLE BIRD. Mr. S. W. Jackson, of Sydney, who camped in the scrubs of theRichmond River district this season (1899), for the pui-pose of observingRifle and other scrub birds, has most thoughtfully sent me his advancefield notes respecting the finding of five nests of the Rifle Bird. Thesenests were found at altitudes varying from fifteen to forty-five feet fromthe giound. all in cheny trees,* and, with one e


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