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another, nerertheless I believe the eggs described by Mr. Gould 

 as those o£ this species, really belong to Acanthiza (Geoiasileics) 

 chysorrJious. The eggs of the present species as shown by 

 numerous authentic examples taken by Mr. James Kamsay and 

 Mr. K. H. Bennett, are of a dull white, thickly spotted and 

 freckled all over with reddish-brown, dull chocolate-brown, or 

 dark wood-brown, in some specimens the whole of the ground 

 colour is obscured by reddish-brown freckles, others have a zone 

 of confluent spots of dark blackish-brown on the larger end and 

 only a few dots or freckles on tlic remaining portion ; average 

 length 0"7 in. x 0*53. The nests vary in structure according to 

 the situation chosen, some being neat and compact, placed among 

 the twiofs of some low shrub — otliers which are more commonlv 

 placed in the hollow branches of trees or holes in the sides of dead 

 trees or posts, are rather scanty ; all are composed of grasses and 

 lined with feathers, wool, hair, &c. 



46. Geai^calus hypoleucus, GouJJ. PL 3, fig. 11. 



The nest i>i this species like all those of the genus is a rather 

 flat structure of wiry grasses and cobwebs securely fastened 

 together, and placed on a horizontal bough usually over a forked 

 branch, it is very shallow having but a slight depression just 

 sufficient to hold the eggs in the centre, round, about four inches 

 in diameter outside ; the eggs in the present instance are two in 

 number of a pale, rich and bright asparagus green with a few 

 reddish-brown spots confluent on the thicker end, others sprinkled 

 over tlie rest of the surface, leugtJi 1*1 in. x 0\S ; some have no 

 confluent markings, but the spots are more evenly distributed, 

 oval or round, but sometimes closer together on the thicker end. 

 (From Mr. JBarnarLVs CoJJcction.') 



47. Malurus ciiVEKTATUS, Gonhl. (31. dorsalis of Lewin). 



Xest dome-shaped with the entrance at the side slightly pro- 

 tected by a hood, placed among grasses or shrubs near the ground. 



