Vol. 11. 

 1902 



J Le Souef, Bi7-ds'-eggs from Northern Australia. 89 



rootlets. The eggs are a pale, pinkish-buff, with little varia- 

 tion, and plentifully marked with purplish-brown spots, espec- 

 ially on' the larger end, and are easily distinguishable from 

 those of the other Colly riocincla;. All the clutches were found 

 in January and February. The eggs measure — A, (i) 1.4 x 

 .76, (2) 1.3 X .75 ; B, (i) .95 X .71, (2) .96 X .72 ; C, (i) i.i x. 74, 

 (2) I.I X .71 inches. 



MiCRCECA BRUNNEICAUDA (Brown-tailed Flycatcher). 



The nest and egg of this new Flycatcher were found on 19th 

 December, situated on the fork of a horizontal branch. The 

 nest is composed of fine shreds of bark of the melaleuca tree, 

 intermixed with grass, and is lined with fine grass, and covered 

 externally with cobweb. Its interior measurements are — 

 ^-inch in depth; breadth, i^ inches; exterior — depth, i^ 

 inches; breadth, 2^ inches. It is very similar to those of the 

 other MicrcEcce. The o.^^ has a very pale creamy-white ground 

 colour, well marked with small cloudy spots of light purplish- 

 buff, and measures .6'^ x .49 inch. The nest and eggs have 

 not been previously described, nor has the bird, which I have 

 asked Mr. Campbell to describe in another part of this number. 



SiSURA NANA (Little Flycatcher). 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. iv. , p. 408. 

 Two nests of this delicate little bird were found, each with one 

 fresh Q.^^ in, but the full clutch is probably three. They were 

 composed of shreds of melaleuca bark, intermixed with grass, 

 and lined with fine grass-stalks and dark-coloured tendrils, and 

 were situated in the upright fork on a branch of a dead shrub. 

 They measure — interior, depth 1^ inches, breadth i^ inches; 

 exterior, depth 2^ inches, breadth 2^ inches. The eggs 

 measure — A, .70 x .52 ; B, .64 x .50 inch, and the ground colour 

 of one is white and the other a pale cream. They each have a 

 zone round the larger end, composed of light reddish-brown 

 confluent markings, and very few on the rest of the o.^^. The 

 markings beneath the surface are light purple. The nests were 

 found on 9th and 15th January. 



PCECILODRYAS CERViNiVENTRiS (Buff-sided Robin). 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. iv., p. 242. 

 This interesting Robin enjoys a northern habitat, and 

 three of its nests were discovered with fresh eggs in. Two 

 of the nests had one in and the other two, the dates being 

 30th December, i8th and 19th January. They are composed 

 chiefly of curled vine tendrils or shreds of bark, lined with 

 finer tendrils or rootlets, a little cobweb being placed on the 

 outside. They measure — interior, depth i ^ inches, breadth 

 2 inches ; exterior, depth 2 inches, breadth 3 inches. The eggs 

 are pale green with reddish-brown markings, in one case chiefly 



