BY A. F. BASSET HULL. 691 



Its nest is an open cup-shaped structure, 3J inches in diameter, 

 formed almost entirely of dried grasses, very sparingly mixed 

 with a few hairs or pieces of wool. It is generally placed amongst 

 the matted twigs of a lemon tree, or concealed in the thick masses 

 of grey-green Spanish moss hanging in streams from the pine 

 boughs, or matted amongst the twigs of the " currajong " trees. 

 It is generally a difficult nest to find owing to the selection of 

 natural foundations upon which it is so constructed as to be 

 practically invisible from below. 



Eggs, clutch three to six, uniform pale blue, rather more 

 inclined to stout ovals, and smaller than those of Z. tenuirostrU. 

 Dimensions of a clutch of six : a,0-76 x 0*60; 6,0'74 x 0*59; c,0'79 

 X 0-59; <^,0'77 x 0-56; e,0-73 x 0-59;/,0-71 x 0-54(12thNov.,1908). 



720(M). 77.Z0STEROPS TENUiROSTRis Gould. 



Long-billed Silver-eye; Grinnell(N".I.). 



Zoster ops teniiirostris Gould, p. 563; Ramsay, p. 37; North, 

 • Nests and Eggs,' p. 4 12. 



Hah. — Norfolk Island. 



This species does not appear to be locally distinguished from 

 Z. albigularis, than which it is much less common. Its nest is 

 similar to that of the preceding species. 



Eggs, clutch three to six, colour uniform pale blue, the texture 

 of the shell being very fine and slightly glossy. 



Dimensions : 



(l)a,0-84 x 0-59; 6,0-88 x 0-6; c,0-85 x 0'59(31st October, 1908). 



(2)a,0-92 X 0-64; 6,0'9 x 0-6(12th November, 1908). 



855(M). 78.APLONIS fuscus Gould. 



Cudgimaruk(L.H.I.); Black Bird(N.I.). 



Aplonis fuscus, Ramsay, p. 37; North, 'Lord Howe Island/ p. 45; 

 North, ' Nests and Eggs,' p. 373. 



Hah. — Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. 



This bird, allied to the mainland genus Calornis, is common to 

 both Islands. It is a bold and noisy marauder, creating havoc 



