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They are about the same size or a trifle smaller than the eggs 

 of Graucalus meJanops from the same district, but more elongated? 

 of a brighter green and with fewer spots. — {Mus. Dohr.) 



9. Myiagea coxcixxa, Gould. 



The nest is a neat cup-shaped structure of bark, and a few fine 

 grasses neatlj interwoven, and placed on a horizontal bough 

 usually over a fork or junction of two branches, the whole is 

 cemented together with cobweb and scales of lichens, &c. The 

 eggs three in number, of a delicate bluish white when fresh, with 

 a strongly defined band of spots, and dots of wood brown to 

 sienna, or yellowish umber, here and there a dot of slaty blue 

 appearing as if beneath the surface. Length A. O'GA x 0*53 in. '■> 

 B. 0*65 X 0*52 \i\.—(^From Mr. BaniarcVs Colled ion.) 



10. EPKTIirAXURA TEICOLOR, Goulil. 



The nest is of fine grass, lined with fine rootlets and a few 

 hairs ; it is cup-shaped, two inches in diameter inside and two 

 inches deep, and was placed in a wind-bent tuft of coarse grass, 

 the sides of the nest were hidden by the tops of grasses stuck in 

 perpendicularly round the rim, hanging over it in some places, 

 and forming a more secure frame work all round. The eggs 

 were three in number of a pure white, with rich clear red dots 

 sprinkled over the surface a little closer together at the thick end, 

 but not forming a zone there. Length 0"63 x 0*5 ; 0'65 x 0'5 in. 

 (Mils. DoJjr., J. R., 1880.) 



11. EniTKrAXUJiA aueifroxs, Gould. 



The nest similar to that of the last species ; a round open cup- 

 shaped structure made of fine twigs and grasses — the one before 

 me has a feather of an Emu worked into the side, and is lined 

 with fine grass— the inside diameter two inches, depth one inch, 

 and was placed in a low bush. The Eggs white with small red dots, 

 sometimes confined to the thicker end ; length O'T x 0'52 in. ; 

 0'6 X 0*5. — {From Bennett^ s Collection.) 



