1146 DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS' EGGS, 



other species of the genus, still it is difficult to express these 

 differences in a description. Eggs white or pinkish white, with 

 minute dots and small spots of rich red sprinkled over the whole 

 surface, in some forming zones, in others blotches. What I 

 consider the more typical eggs of this species, are those with a few 

 dots of dark red sparingly sprinkled over the whole surface of the 

 shell, closer together on the thicker end, but seldom forming a 

 distinct zone ; all more or less pointed ; (1), 0*67 x 0'48 inch ; (2), 

 0-67 x 0-48 inch : (3), 0*66 x 0-48 inch. (J. E , Dobr. Mus.) 



Malurus LAMBERTI. 



The eggs of this species cannot be distinguished from those of 



M. cyaneus or many others of the genus ; two of this species 



before me are heavily blotched with red, forming a zone on the 



thicker end ; another has the spots smaller and sprinkled over 



the whole surface. Length (1), 0-64 x 0-48 inch ; (2), 0-65 x 0-47 



inch. 



Falcunculus frontatus, Lath. 



Although this species breeds freely in the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney, its nest is seldom met with, and its eggs are still rarer. 

 This arises chiefly from the inaccessible places in which the birds 

 build, the very tops of the tall Eucalypti, so that even when found, 

 they are seldom procurable. 



The nest is a deep cup-shaped structure of fine shreds of bark 

 strongly woven together, and strengthened with cobweb, and 

 lined with grasses. 



The eggs, seldom three in number, resemble those of Myiagra 

 nitida, but are more elongated ; white with a few dots of greyish 

 lilac and slaty black sprinkled over the surface, but in some 

 crowded on the thicker end, where some are confluent, forming 

 spots or irregular short linear markings. Length (A) 0*9 x 065 

 inch (Dr. Hurst's, Coll.) ; (B) 0-85 x 0-63 inch ; (C) 0-92 x 064 

 inch ; B and C have no irregular markings on the shell, merely 

 a few minute dots almost black. A description of the egg of 

 Falcunculus leucogaster will be found in Gould's "Handbook to 

 the Birds of Australia," I. p. 230. 



