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eggs in each, while a third procured towards the end of January 

 had only two ; the eggs are rather lengthened in form, and 

 not very unlike those of Malurus cyaneiis in the colour and 

 disposition of their markings ; their ground-colour being 

 white, thinly freckled all over with bright chestnut-red, par- 

 ticularly at the larger end ; they are nine lines long and six 

 lines broad. During the breeding-season it exhibits con- 

 siderable pugnacity of disposition, and instead of its usual 

 pretty note, utters a chattering and vociferous squeaking, 



" The stomach was very small, but tolerably muscular, and 

 its food consisted of insects generally." 



Head dark grey ; all the upper surface brown ; wings and 

 tail darker brown ; primaries, secondaries, and basal half of 

 the tail-feathers margined with wax-yellow ; throat pure 

 white ; chest and flanks reddish buff ; centre of the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts white ; irides bright reddish brown 

 bill blackish grey ; feet bluish grey. 



Total length 4^ inches ; bill f ; wing 2f ; tail 2 ; tarsi f . 



Sp. 328. CONOPOPHILA RUFIGULARIS, Gould. 

 Red-throated Honey-eater, 



Entomophila rufogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part x. p. 137. 

 Conopophila rufigularis, Reich. Handb. der Spec. Orn., p. 120. 



Entomophila rufogularis, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv. 

 pi. 52. 



This is another of the novelties that has rewarded the re- 

 searches of the Officers of H.M.S, * Beagle ' on the northern 

 coast of Australia. It is the least of the genus yet discovered, 

 and is nearly allied to C. albiyularis, but from which it may 

 at once be distinguished by the red colouring of its throat. 

 The sexes, judging from the specimens sent me by Bynoe, are- 

 very similar in their markings. 



Nothing whatever is known of its habits and economy. 



Head and all the upper surface brown ; wings and tail 



