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Banks
1952
Zosteropis lophotes
21.
19 Apr. Corner Barrow Lane + Bancroft - Pair of
birds, ? [determined from later behavior]
feeding on weeds, & feeding, then sang
from Magnolia. ? flew part Magnolia
to small Eucalyptus, & joined her. They
copulated 4 times; after each copulation,
dursty only a few seconds & flew to
ground, returned immediately. Periods
between copulations longer than during
copulation, about twice as long.
Barrow Lane opp Aden Blaf. This is a
different pair than above. & singing
from tree which held nest A. ?land
& about 20 ft., joined by ?.
20 Apr. Bancroft along Ath Fd, Lower Sec, Nest B - The
nest is partly torn out of the bush and
all birds are gone. An adult chirped a
few times nearby, but not anything
like the excitement of previous days.
App SE corner De Ant - White curion
gathering nesting material. Attempted
to pull shreds of bark from
gathered large mouthful of coarse
material from ground under Acacia,
and other bushes. Several times flew into
same place in bushes. I'll call this Nest E.
24 Apr. Found what is probably this nest
today but it is inaccessible.
Barrow Lane opp NE corner Aden Blaf - Bir,
on with nesting material. She flew
nuts Ceratops (?) on ground, for that
patch of this blue flowered running vine
shrub to the South. About center of clump - I