194 White, Nests and Eggs Not Previously Described. [ist April 



Very sparingly marked with rounded spots and blotches of 

 different shades of umber and dark purplish-grey ; markings 

 confined, with few exceptions, to the larger end, where they form 

 an irregular cap. Oval in shape, and much pointed at the 

 smaller ends. Shell very fine, smooth, and glossy. 



Taken by S. W. Jackson, 6th November, 1920, on the Mac- 

 pherson Range, S.E. Queensland, at an elevation of 3,800 feet 

 above sea-level. 

 Pachycephala rufiventris maudeae (S. A. White). 



Nest.— Tha.t of a typical Thickhead or Whistler {Pachycephala) ; 

 measures externally 3j by 2^- inches in depth ; fragile structure, 

 composed of dried rootlets and tendrils, with no lining other than 

 fine rootlets ; placed 12 feet up from the ground, in the fork of a 

 tea-tree on large gum creek ; female on nest ; eggs visible from 

 ground through bottom of nest. 



Eggs. — Clutch, three eggs, swollen oval in shape ; surface of 

 shell rather fine and very glossy. Ground colour yellowish-brown, 

 with small spots and blotches of darker brown and pale purpHsh- 

 grey, chiefly confined to the larger end of each egg ; they closely 

 approach some very dark specimens of the Rufous-breasted 

 Whistler {Pachvcephala rufiventris). They measure, in inches — 

 {a) .87 X .64, (b) .83 X .63, {c) .87 X .63. Mr. M'Gilp states this 

 clutch is of usual coloration, and two eggs appear to be the usual 

 clutch, but three are now and again found. 



Locality. — Collected by Mr. J. Neil M'Gilp at Moolawatana, 

 near Lake Frome, South Australia, on nth December, 1920. 

 Female sat closely, and did not leave nest until the branch was 

 shaken. The tea-tree is their favourite nesting-tree, and some- 

 times the nest is placed in a mistletoe in these trees ; height from 

 ground varies from 5 up to 20 feet. Male frequently feeds the 

 female on the nest. 



Further Notes on Rufous Scrub-Bird and Olive 

 Thickhead in Queensland. 



By H. L. White, C.F.A.O.U., Belltrees, N.S.W. 



Last season Mr. S. W. Jackson succeeded in securing additional 

 specimens of both birds. Referring to my previous remarks on 

 the Scrub-Bird {Atrichornis r. jacksoni) {Emu, xix., pp. 257, 258 

 and plate xlvii.), another female is similar to that figured except 

 that the throat is slightly whiter, thus resembling more that of 

 the male. Two immature birds accompanied her, which Mr. 

 Jackson judged were about four weeks old. They were darker 

 (dark shade of chestnut-brown) on the upper surface than the 

 parent, while the under surface was more Verona brown or warm 

 sepia, with a trace of rufous showing on the breast. 



Another young specimen, about three weeks old, is similar in 

 coloration to the four weeks birds, but has a shorter tail and no 



