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end lopped off which serves for a rounded side entrance. 

 This inner nest is embedded in an anterior or outer nest 

 composed of large sticks and twigs, resembling that of an 

 eagle, with spouted platform or landing-place at the entrance. 

 The roof of the inner nest is also protected with sticks, and 

 over the whole structure are often artfully thrown a few dead 

 or green fronds and other vegetation. The dimensions of 

 different nests do not vary much. The following are sizes of 

 one which I took on the spot. It was situated in a gully, on 

 a slight eminence consisting of a fallen tree-fern trunk with 

 other debris. So cunningly was it hidden that it was undis- 

 coverable from behind to a person not two paces off ; but the 

 front, w^hich betrayed it, commanded a good outlook down 

 hill. Over all, height, breadth, and depth were 2 feet each 

 way ; through diameters {i.e., length and breadth) of interior 

 nest, 1 foot 3 inches across ; inside or egg cavity, from wall to 

 wall and from roof to floor, 10 inches each way ; and from 

 entrance to back wall 1 foot 1 inch. The ragged, spouted 

 platform or landing-place extended 5 or 6 inches beyond the 

 entrance. The egg, which was hidden by the feathers, lay at 

 right angles with the entrance, and measured 2 inches 5 lines 

 by 1 inch 8 lines." 



Nest. — Described above. Bulky, side entrance, sticks and 

 rootlets. 



Eggs. — One to a sitting. The ground colour may vary 

 between purple and brown ; the smudges and spots are much 

 like the ground colour, but appear as if above and below the 

 surface; texture of shell rough. Length, 2.5 inches; breadth; 

 1.5 inches. 



