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the latter appearing as if under the surface of tlie shell. 

 Texture of shell somewhat fine. Specimens long in shape, 

 with both ends nearly alike. Clutch two ; measurements — 

 (1) 2-48 X 1-6 cm., (2) 247 x J -6 cm. 



Sphenostoraa cristata, Gould (Crested Wedge-bill). — I have 

 received several undoubted examples of the egg of this bird 

 from the Gascoyne District, therefore, the habitat of the bird 

 may now be extended to Western Australia. 



Oerygone culicivora. Gould (Western Warbler). — Gould 

 described accuratel3'- the })osition and structure of this bird's 

 nest, but did not succeed in procuring the eggs, which are 

 warmish-white, spotted especially at the larger end with 

 reddish or pinkish-brown, after the fa.shion of the Maluri 

 eggs. An egg, from a set of three, measures l? x 117 cm. 

 The nest was taken at Quindalup (Geographe Bay), from the 

 topmost bi-anches of a jieppermint tree (Agonis), in 

 September. 



Eopsaltria georgeana, Q. et Gaim. (White-bellied Robin). 

 — Exceedingly little is known of this rare robin. The first 

 nest that came under my observation was in a sheoak 

 (Casuarina) sapling, bordering a creek in close proximity to 

 the Tor Bay Timber Station, owned by Messrs. C. and E. 

 Millar of this city. The second nest I took was in a thick 

 forest, artfully hid in the fork of a grass tree {Xanthorrhoea) , 

 where the drooping rush-like foliage carefully concealed it. 

 The nest is built of leaves, fine twigs and strips of bark, 

 and lined with fine rootlets and grass. The specimen taken 

 from the Casuarina was decorated outwardly with pieces of 

 dead bracken fronds. Across, the measurement was about 

 9 cm., egg cavity 5 cm. by 3 cm. in depth. In each 

 instance, the eggs were two, of a beautiful olive-green, one 

 out of each set had a distinct bronz}'- shade upon the apex. 

 Dimensions— a (1) 2-2 x 1-56 cm., (2) 2] 3 x ]o2 cm; 

 6 (I) 21 1 X 1 53 cm., (2) 206 x Id5 cm. 



It will be noticed that the nest and eggs of the White- 

 bellied Hobin, most resemble those of the Dusky Robin 

 {Amourodryas vittata) of Tasmania, and are totally unlike 

 the Eopsaltria; therefore, it may be found necessary, now 

 that the nest and eggs have been discovered, to alter the 

 generic name of the former bird. 



Estrilda oculea, Q. et Gaim. (Red-eared Finch). — Nest of 

 the usual bottle-shaped appearance, with the entrance 

 through the neck slightly ascending before dropping into the 

 egg chamber, or bod}' of the nest. The structure is bulky, 



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