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autlienticatod nest and eggs (a long-staiuliiig oological desitleratum) of 

 the Noisy Scrub Bird. Althoiigli uot known at tlie time, the discovery 

 of tliis uest wa-s actually made a season sooner than Air. !S. W. Jackson's 

 discoveiy of the nest and eggs of the eastern species (the ruftscens), in 

 the Bulabulali Scrubs of New South Wales. 



Ml-. Le Souef, who has kindly favotued me with his description, 

 states : " The uest and eggs were found by Mr. Hassell, in October, 1897, 

 near iUbauy. He was pa-ssing along a naiTow track through thick scmb 

 when he heard the bird uttering its loud uote. lie forced his way to 

 the place, and wheu doing so, suddenly saw the hen* bird fly from what 

 appeared to be a biuich of grass neai' his feet, but which, on examination, 

 proved to be tlie nest. It was situated on the ground, alongside the root 

 of a eucalyptus tree, which was about seven ruches out of the ground. 

 The uest wa,s dome-shaped, constiiicted of gi'ass and rootlets, with a few 

 leaves, and lined with a white, downy substance. It measiu'ed : 

 height, 8 J, inches ; breadth, 5-^ inches ; and contained two eggs (slightly 

 incubated), swollen oval in shape, ground-colour of reddish-white, with 

 piu-plish-brown uuu'kings, more numerous on the larger end, where they 

 arc confluent. The markings beneath the surface are liglit piu-ple. 

 The eggs measui'c : (1) -9 x -69, (2) -So x -67 inches." Mr Le Souef has 

 since described the eggs of tliis bii'd in the " Ibis," p. 458 (1900). 



433. PODARGUS MARMOKATUS. 



MARBLED FROGMOUTH. 



Regarding this beautifully marked and smallest of the Australian 

 Fixltiryi, Mr. D, Le Souef writes : f — It is especially plentiful at Cape 

 York, North Queensland, and I have also had specimens from some 

 distance south of Cooktown. They build the usual flat stick-nest, 3^ 

 inches in diameter, generally on a homontal bough, and the bii'd sits 

 close, and is vei-y dilficult to detect. A nest foimd by Mr. R. Hislop, 

 12th August, 1898, contained one egg, white in colour, slightly lustrous, 

 the two ends being nearly of a imifonn size, and measm'ed 144 x I'O 

 inches." 



526. — Neophema splendida. 



SCARLET-CHESTED PARRAKEET. 



Eygs. — Round in fonii ; textui'e of shell fine ; surface glossy ; colour, 



, white, slightly discoloiu'ed, apparently with wood dust of the nest. 



Dimensions in inches : (1) '88 x -77, (2) -87 x '77. These eggs are amongst 



the largest of the family, coming next in size to those of the Rock 



PaiTakeet. 



' Presumably. The female of either species of Atrichia has never vet bee 

 taken.— A.J. C. 



t " Ibis," p. 361 (1899). 



