^"S™] WHITE, Xcsf and Hm/s of Tunux oUvU. 3 



dominant. ( Incuhaticjn hea\y). SItcII tine, and surface rather 

 glossy. ^Measurement in inches: — A, 1.13 ■ .93; 15, 1.13 > .02; 

 C, 1.13 X .89; D, 1.17 >: .93. 



Taken by \\\ McLennan at Coen, Cai)e \'()rk Peninsula, North 

 Queensland, on March 22nd, 1922. 



Nest. — Ovate, with entrance at side, placed in a shallow 

 depression in the ground in short fine grass between a stool of 

 a few stalks of long grass, j'nd a small shrub; composed of soft, 

 dry, narrow blades of long grass and stalks of fine grass. Out- 

 side measurements: Width 5i inches, de|)th 5 inches, length 6 

 inches, entrance 3:] inches wide by 3 inches deep; inside width 

 4 inches, (lei)th 4 inches; length 4'| inches; depression in which 

 placed 1 inch deep. (For nests see Plates 2 and 4). 



Co-Types. — -Clutch, four eggs, more heavily blotched than the 

 Type clutch (especially Spm. D), and not quite such pointed 

 specimens. (Incubation fresh.) Measurement in inches: — A, 

 1.12 X .93; B, 1.17 x .93; C, 1.12 x .93; D, 1.08 x .93. 



Taken by W. McLennan at Coen, Cai)e York Peninsula, Xorth 

 Queensland, on March 24th, 1922. 



Xest was situated in a very thinly grassed patch — thin stools 

 of long grass widely scattered, with short fine grass growing be- 

 tween, placed at the base of a stool of long grass amongst short, 

 fine grass. Xest spherical, composed of narrow blades of long, 

 dry grass and short, dry grass, and a couple of dead leaves of 

 ironbark tree with the grass in the tgg chamber. 



i\leasurements. — Outside : W^idth 5 inches, depth S\ inches, 

 length 5i inches; a few ragged ends of grass project 5 inches be- 

 yond the entrance. Entrance : Width 2| inches, depth 3 inches, 

 "inside : Width and depth 3^ inches, length 4| inches ; depression 

 in ground \ inch in depth. 



An Abnormal Clutch of Blue-faced Honey Eater's Eggs 



(Entomyza cyanotis harterti) 



Clutch of seven eggs taken by W. McLennan at Coen, Cape 

 York Peninsula, North Queensland, on 3rd April, 1922. In his 

 notes W. McLennan says : — 



"Flushed a Honey-Eater (£. cyanotis) from a Babbler's nest, 

 10 feet from ground in a Swamp Paperbark tree (Melaleuca) ; 

 it contained a remarkable set of seven eggs. The Babbler's nest 

 was quite a fresh one; the Honey-eaters evidently took posses- 

 sion before it was fully lined, as the strips of paper-bark used 

 by the Honey-eaters w^ere mixed with the strips of messmate bark 

 used by the Babblers, so that I could not tell where one ended 

 and the other began." Eggs all slightly incubated. 



The seven eggs forming this clutch are so much alike that ap- 

 parently thev were laid bv the same bird. — Hexkv L. White, 

 "Belltrees," 'N.S.W\ 11/6/1922. 



