BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.R.S.E., M.R.I. A., &C. 1147 



Geocichla macrorhyncha, Gould. 



The nest and eggs very much the same as those of G. lunulata, 

 Lath., but are larger ; the eggs are three for a sitting, of a greenish 

 white, strongly freckled all over but more numerously at the 

 larger end with rich reddish-brown ; some confluent markings 

 take a longitudinal direction or run obliquely with the long axis of 

 the egg. An average specimen measures 1*33 inches in length x 

 0*95 inch through its short diameter. 



AMADINA MODESTA, Gould. 



During the years 1863 to 1866, this species, from a few pairs of 

 escaped birds, had bred and multiplied considerably in the 

 neighbourhood of Eastern Creek and Blacktown, &c. They also 

 appeared on the Bell River, near Cardington, where several nests 

 were taken by my brother, Mr. J. S. Ramsay, 24th December, 

 1869. Nests like all others of the genus, and the eggs white, 

 4 or 5 for a sitting, roundish; in length 0*6 x 0*46 inch: 

 0-57 x 0-54 inch ; 0-6 x 0'5 inch ; 0-6 x 0*5 inch. 



DONACICOLA CASTANEOTHORAX, Gould. 



This species is widely distributed over the whole of N. S. 

 Wales and Queensland. It breeds plentifully in the extensive 

 grass-beds of the Clarence and Richmond River districts, also 

 at Maryborough, Q. Eggs five seldom four, white; length 

 0-64x048 inch; 0-65x0-48 inch; 0-67x0-5 inch; two other 

 eggs from same nest are slightly smaller. Taken at Iindah, 

 Mary River, 19/2/72. 



POEPHILA CINCTA, Gould. 



This speciss was formerly abundant in the neighbourhood of 

 Rockhampton, but during my visit to those parts in 1869-70, not 

 a specimen could be found, the bird having been entirely extermi. 

 nated by the " trappers," for the European markets. It is thinly 



