BY A. J. NORTH. 1161 



names, of which that given to it by Swainson, S. chrysocephalus 

 appears the most appropriate, if not the oldest. Dr. Ramsay 

 discovered the bovver of this species in I860, on Ash Island, and 

 the nest in 1875 in the dense scrubs of the Richmond River 

 district. 



The nest was an open one resembling that of a Collyrio- 

 cincla in size and structure ; it was built in a cluster of " lawyer 

 vines," Calamus australis. 



The bower is a poor one compared with those of the Chlamy- 

 doderce, but otherwise is not unlike that of Ptilonorhynchus 

 violaceus, though smaller and more loosely put together. 



The egg is a long oval, slightly swollen at one end, the ground- 

 colour being of a pale lavender ; upon the larger end and beneath 

 the surface of the shell is a zone of nearly round and oval-shaped 

 spots of a uniform pale lilac colour, which in some places are 

 confluent ; on the outer surface all over the larger end, to the 

 lower edge of the zone, are irregularly shaped, but well-defined 

 linear markings of sienna, assuming strange shapes ; two prominent 

 markings being a 'double loop, and a scroll, others less conspicuous 

 are in the shape of the letter Z and the figure 6, while several of 

 the markings stand at right angles to one another ; from the lower 

 edge of the zone and dispersed over the rest of the surface, are a 

 few bold dashes of the same colour, several lines being straight, 

 but marked obliquely across the egg, others are like the letter V 

 with one side lengthened at a right angle, and the figure 7, while 

 upon the lower apex is a single mark in the shape of the letter M. 

 The pecularity of the markings of this egg are, that the spots 

 appear to be on the under surface, and the linear markings on 

 the outer surface of the shell. 



Length 1*35 inch x '09 in breadth. 



