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NESTS AXD EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BlUDS. 

 207. CiNCLOSOMA CA8TAN0N0TUM, Gould. (272) 



CHESTNUT-BACKED GROUND BIRD. 



Figure. — Gould: Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv., pi 5, 



Rejirence. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. vii., p. 333. 



Previous Descriptions 0/ Eggs. — Campbell : Southern Science Record 



(1882); Stirling-Lietz ; Trans. Roy. Soc , SA, vol xvi , p. 15S 



(1893) 



Gengrajiliical Dixtrihution. — New South Wales, Victoria, South, 

 West, and North-west Australia. 



Nesf. — Similar to that constructed by (■'. ])}inrf<itinn. 



Eggs. — Clutch, two ; inclined to oval in shape ; texture somewhat 

 fine ; sm-faco glossy ; coloiu", greyish-white, either finely spotted or 

 blotched all over, thickest on the apex, with umber and duJl-slate or 

 grey. Dimensions in inches of a proper pair: (1) 1-25 x -89, 



(2) 1-24 X -89. 



Ohxermiinnx. — Those persons who have endeavoured Xo collect this 

 bird have foimd it naturally a shy and wary .species. 



Gould first procured it in the belts of Mm-ray scrub in South 

 Australia. Birds and eggs have been obtained in the Winimera 



district of Victoria (where I have myself flushed the birds in the mallee). 

 possibly abovit the eastern limits of its habitat, wliich on the other hand 

 stretches through Central to North-west Australia, where several birds 

 were shot near the fatal Separation Well diuing the journey of the 

 Calvert Expedition. 



208. CiNCLOSOMA CINNAMOMEUM, Gould. (273) 



CINNAMON-COLOURED GROUND BIRD. 



Figure. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol.. vol. i\'., pi. 6. 

 Reference.— Ca.t. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. vii , p. 334. 



Geographical Distribution. — Interiors of Queensland, New South 

 Wales, Victoria (?), South, West and North-west Australia. 



Nest.- — A slight hollow in the ground, lined with a few leaves, &c., 

 and usually under a low bush. 



Eggs. — Clutch, two ; inchned to oval in shape ; texture of shell 

 fine ; siu-face glossy ; colour, Mght brownish-grey, largely blotched and 

 marked all over, chiefly longitudinally, with umber or olive-brown and 

 dull-grey. Dimensions in inches of a clutch : (1) Tl x -8, (2) 1-09 x -79. 



