BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A., &C. 1145 



P(ECILODRYAS SUPERCILIOSA, Goilld. 



The nest of this species somewhat resembles that of an 

 Eopsaltria. The eggs also resemble those of E. australis (Lath.), 

 but are much smaller. The ground-colour is of a rich apple- 

 green, but in some of a bluish tint ; some are zoned and sprinkled 

 with spots, others have irregular or confluent blotches of reddish 

 brown. Two eggs are considered by this bird sufficient for a sitting. 

 Length (A) 0-78 x 0-56 inch; (B) 0-8 x 0-55 inch; (C) 0-77 

 x 0*57 inch ; (D) 0*9 x 0*55 inch, this last being an elongated 

 abnormal specimen. They were taken, and the birds shot by Mr. 

 Ed. Spalding at Rockingham Bay in 1868. 



Eopsaltria gularis, Quoy et Gaim. 



E. griseogularis, Gould, Handbook, sp. 176. 



Eggs, two or three for a sitting. The ground-colour is of a pale 

 apple-green, with a zone of dots and spots round the larger end of 



a light reddish-brown ; they approach in tint faded eggs of E. 



nana, Ramsay, but are much larger. Length 0'83 x 0*6 inch. 



Taken by Mr. George Masters at King George's Sound, West 



Australia. 



Malurus melanotus, Gould. 



Eggs like those of M. cyaneics, from which they are not to be 

 distinguished ; white, with rich red dots, spots, and in some, 

 blotches scattered all over the surface, crowded on one end, or 

 forming a broken zone near the thicker end ; the size of an average 

 specimen is — long axis, 0*63 inch ; short axis, 048 inch ; of a 

 heavily blotched specimen, 0*65 x 0-45. (Dobr. Mus. Coll.). 



Malurus callainus, Gould. 



This wren, one of the latest species described by Mr. Gould, is 

 far from rare in the interior, my brother Mr. James Ramsay having 

 no difficulty in obtaining as many specimens as I required during 

 one season, both of its nests and eggs, with the birds shot there- 

 from. Although the eggs appear quite different from those of 



