1150 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN BIRDS' EGGS, 



confluent spots of red intermixed with slate or lilac-brown, and 

 here the spots are largest, and the lilac marks appear beneath 

 the shell. The following are the measurements of a set — (A) 

 0-83 x 0-65 inch ; (B) 0-85 x 0'63 inch ; (C) 0-82 x 063 inch. 



While about it, I may as well make some remarks on 

 Climacteris leucophoea, Lath., Climacteris scandens, Temm., and 

 Climacteris pyrrhonota, Gould. 



Recently on consulting the British Museum Catalogue of Birds, 

 Vol. VIII., I was greatly surprised to find the female of C. 

 leucophoea described as that of C. scandens, and vice-versa; how 

 such a mistake crept in it is hard to imagine. I should also like 

 to ask the learned author of this volume how " Glyciphila 

 ocularis, Gould, P.Z.S., 1837, p. 154," becomes a synonym of C. 

 leucophcea. (See Cat. Bds., p. 336, Vol. VIII.) 



Moreover under C. scandens (p. 337) the female of C. leucophcea 

 is described. The sexes of C. scandens differ in plumage only in 

 the markings on the chest, and in this respect they resemble C. 

 melanura, Gould, C. erythrops, Gould, C. melanota, Gould, and C. 

 rufa, Gould. But C. leucophoza and C. pyrrhonota belong to another 

 section of the genus. C. pyrrhonota the first specimen of which 

 I shot and skinned at Springfield, near Goulburn, in January, 

 1865, is closely allied, if not identical with C. leucophcea; it has 

 nothing to do with, nor does it in any way resemble C. scandens. 

 For the present I shall say no more as it is my intention to revise 

 the synonymy of this genus hereafter. 



Ptilotis notata, Gould. 



The eggs of this species are very similar to those of the other 

 members of the genus, being of a pinkish white ground-colour, 

 with rich dark spots on the thicker end, some confluent, forming 

 blotches larger than usual. They come nearest to those of 

 Ptilotis auricomis, and measure (A) - 9 x 0'65 inch ; (B) 0'91 

 inch x 064 inch. Taken by Mr. Boyer-Bower near Cairns, Q. 



