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NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



Mr. Jackson continues : • — " Dming my rambles in the scrubs in the 

 Clai-ence River district, I have found tliirteen clutches of these eggs; 

 I remember one day finding three sets and two more new nests. The tggs 

 vary a little in their shape, size, and marldugs, but not to any great 

 extent. These birds love to decorate their nests with beautiful gi'cen moss, 

 and thus render them more difficult to find. The cry or note of the male 

 bird is peculiar, for he says, ' Give us a chew,' and I always answer, 

 ' yes, you show me the nest, and I shall give you a chew (of tobacco).' " 



Breeding months October to Januaiy. 



109. MONARCHA CANESCEN6, Salvadoh . 



PEARLY FLYCATCHER. 



Reference- — Cat. Birds Brit- Mus., vol. iv., p. 431. 



Geographical Distribution. — North Queensland. 



Nest and Eggs. — Undescribed. 



Ohservafionx. — This Flycatcher takes its name from the general colour 

 of its upper surface — hglit, pearly grey. The bird has not been foimd 

 outside the Capo York Peninsula, where Salvadori's type specimen (a male) 

 was obtained. 



110. — Petroeca leggii, Shaiise. — (1G5) 

 SCARLET-BREASTED ROBIN. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.. vol. iv., p. 165. 



Previous Descriptions 0/ Eggs. — Gould; Birds of Australia (1848), also 



Handbook, vol. i., p. 280 (1865)'; North: Austn. Mus. Cat., p. 102 



(1889). 



Geographical Distribution. — South Queensland, New South Wales, 

 Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. 



Nest. — Cup-shaped, neat and beautiful; constructed of soft bark, 

 covered with pieces of outer bark sttick on by spiders' web so as to resemble 

 the limb on wliich the nest is placed ; lined inside with fine inner bark 

 and finished warmly with fiu\, sometimes a feather or two in addition. 

 Usually situated in the strong, upright, forked branch of a sapling or 

 small tree in a retired locality- in oiDen forest. Occasionally the nest is 

 placed in the hollow part of a tree tnink. Dimensions over all, 3 inches 

 by 3 inches in depth; egg cavity, li inches across by 1| inches deep. 



