BY E. r. RAMSAY, F.L.S. 57 



near Grafton ; the eggs are tliree in number of a uniform dark 

 olive broAvn, average length 1'07 x O'Sl. — (Ifiis. Dohr.) 



LIMICOL.E. 



35. ScoLOPAX AUSTRAL IS, Lath. PI. 3, fig. 15. 



Ground colour of the eggs are cream white, almost completely 

 hidden by irregular broad lines of black wound round the thicker 

 end and extending longitudinally towards the thin end, the lines 

 are curved and twisted forming loops and blotches. The nest 

 was placed on the margin of a swamp. Length A. 1"4 x I'l in. ; 

 B. l-4i X 1-0 in. ; C. I'J-S x 1-02.— (From Mr. WhittelVs Coll) 



36. ^EaiALiTis MONACHA, Geoff. 



The eggs are four in number, placed with the thin end point- 

 ing inwards, in a slight depression in the shingle on the sea coast, 

 they are pale stone colour or light creamy white, some almost 

 white with dots of black and brownish black, some of which are 

 obsolete or appear beneath the surface of the shell, some of the 

 black dots confluent forming irregular markings of various shapes. 

 The birds are said to breed plentifully in the neighbourhood of 

 Georgetown and on various Islands in Bass Straits. Length 1*4 

 X 1*05, — {From Dr. Lucas' Coll.) 



37. Cladorht^^chus pectoralis, Dubus. 



The eggs are four in number for a sitting placed in a scanty 

 nest of a few dry reeds and water-grasses ; the ground colour 

 varies from an olive brown to creamy brown irregularly spotted 

 and blotched with black, in shape oval but slightly pointed. 

 Length 1-9 x V^ ; 1-88 x VZ.—{From Mr. WliittelVs Coll.) 



38. Spatula rhyxchotis. Lath. 



An egg from a set of six taken on Phillip Island, in October, 

 1880, measures 2*35 x 1*55, and this appears to be an average 

 sized specimen, the colour is of a creamy white with a shade of a 

 very pale greenish tint. — (Mies. Dohr.) 



