J^ooif Bay, one of th«(e birrfi* hopped our from the deaae: icmh on tu the path cJo«e r& -vhen* fie 

 stjood. Qiiickly fintu^ at it, he wa« ■laqjrjstefl on jpsintf to pick it ijp rn find, that he had. ^jtiot two 

 birdii, a, male and female. Specimens are wmerimes obcune-d at Randwrck and fireenvaie, 

 L'sHiaily it iH a ihy and cautious species*^ but Mir, J, A. Thorpe and niy»eif as»r<OTe: of thesie 

 ' :hef I on the top of a low bush at Kan/lwick, ami pnurintf ftjtth rich and .•aried notes 

 ^\i motui of the AcjiVimsmyj'A ;-skyiark ''AJatuia anemiij. ;uid wnicrt it mav :;rohahly 

 mimic, a« the latter specie* i« plentiftii in. that XacaXxty. 



Some specimens have the tapper parts fli«tJnctly rini«id with oi niftf-measamrmatt 



of adult males varies from z'^ij to j-t inches, and of aduit iKmalesi .- -jh i- - - --hesfc The 

 tail of an ;ulult male from the Richmond River Diatricr measures 4:5 inches. 



The 3tnmach» of the birds I have examin&t contained only ttie txmsaast of insects 



A. nest of this species, taken by^ the late Sfe- &aigh- E&q?r 'attamoJia. in the 



niawarra District, in tSfio, is describ«l by Dr. Ramsav as an i' -i: ;. 



composed of spasses and debris- It was buiit at the &)ot of a bushy si. -rt 



amonif the debris and grai>s which usually accumulates in. sich piaces. 



E^gs two in number for a sittintf, varyincf in ferm^ Sum oval to eionjfate-fjvai, the neU 



beinjf dose-jjrained and its <jurTace smooth and slitfhtiy lustrous. They ar-' • ■ •' r 



wbity-tarown jjround colour, which is minutely but distinctly freckled and 

 brown, wood-brown, and purplish-brown, the markinj^ becoming latfjer and daiicer on the 

 thicker enrL where intermint^ed with imderiyinjf -:« 



specimens a more or less well defined cap or zone. ;:;s 



of the introduced Housa: Sparrowv but they ace blunter on the laieer eaid, and nuns: stroilen in 

 ferm. Others hav<j the markinsjs of a more rede rrto a 



purpli-sh-brownonthe latjferend, wherea well ci«.,..c-,^ v«.w>i .. ..,.:,r;.^ ,> .„.i..x^... ..>.<ian4 

 dots, and are not unlike in colour la.rge ««R|S of the Brown Tn^-creeper. .t set of two 

 measures: — Leni^ (A) t-ofxo-TJi indies;^ (B) raj » 0-73 inches. 



Spheaura lan^rastris. 



LOSfi-BILLED BEISTLE-fllRD. 

 Damjomitt UtrujiroiftH», Gould, Prnc. Zool. Sue., IS40, p. ITO; ui. Bdsb Anstr., feL, VoL EEL, pi. 



.33 (1348). 

 aphenivra langirfiHt'nn, 'xomu, tianaiitc. t5fj.s. Aofctr., Vai. L, p. 3+.; -uarpf, 'Jat. tlrtB. tSrrt. MTmt, 

 Vol. VTI., p. 10,5 adH3). 

 ADOT.T VMJL—Gnnertjl colawr above hrrnvn, the fmithen (tf tjv» ftead, neek. tnantle. and back 

 ■mdwtiMctly /•.eiUrid 'mth 'jrf}) rU the dpg; rump rtnd upper ta,il<overt» rufotuhhrtmm,,- wprpfir >mnf~ 

 ixtvertD ■ni.fritxn-hrmim. ; qiiMa 'lark hrrnvn. margined am their 'nUerr 'Beb» ^vith rtifrfua-hrmum, the 

 maryina 'jrrubudlij becoming nwrviw^ arid paler in tint UtujarrU the iipii: (ail brotm. 'oith a 

 ntfeaamt ti/nge which i» more prvnounced on the •idife* of the feathers; lores and a narrma line cf 

 feathem above the ^yg ditU white: centre of the yi/pper throat, breast, and ahilomen / ■ ' 

 remainder 'if tJui -andur mtrface brown, 'vith narrrtw indintinct 'larker marytn* to th^ 

 lencftfumed lower jiank, plumes, and wnder taH-covertB olivaceaui-brmim, ditfhily tinged with rufout. 

 Totfd length To inchea, yuing !i:T, taiU J-T, biU O-SS, tarmi* 0-M. 

 Adttlt FB3I.U.I! — Similar in plumage to tJie moTe. 

 Dintrib'Uion — Wf«jtErn Australia. 

 f K^aiS species is apparently conftned to the soodrrwe^exn paitian of WesBem Ausnaila. 

 J- Comparatively the hill of the western bird is lonjjer than th^ of its cimgPTtBr. ^piumira 

 hrachyptera, but it can hardly be regarded as a dist:n:£'ii: .:t 



specimens now before me, comcr-sinir b(jth me eaisern . .1 



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