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Mr. Thorpe at Cambewarra are more thickly covered with 

 lichens — in fact, one nest, until closely looked at, appears to be 

 wholly constructed on the exterior with this pretty and much- 

 used nest decoration. 



The eggs are of a very faint greenish-grey ground colour, 

 minutely dotted and spotted with purplish-brown, dark slaty- 

 brown, and wood-brown markings, which become larger on the 

 thicker end, and form an ill-defined zone. Length — (A), 0.7 inch 

 X 0.53 inch ; (B), 0.69 inch x 0.53 inch. 



Supplementary Note on Chlamydodera orientalis, Gould. 



Since the publication of my notes in last December's issue of 

 the Naturalist, in which the eggs of this species are figured, Mr. 

 French has kindly forwarded me for description the nest from 

 which they were taken. His collector in the Gulf district of 

 Northern Queensland informs him the nests are built in low trees, 

 about fifteen feet from the ground, and that it is only by flushing 

 the bird when sitting that they are discovered. It is a very 

 primitive and nearly flat structure, placed at the junction of a 

 forked horizontal branch, and is held in position by three thinner 

 upright branches. The nest is externally constructed of very thin 

 sticks loosely interlaced, and is lined inside, where there is a saucer- 

 shaped depression, with fine twigs. It resembles very much some 

 nests of Podargus strigoides, or a large one of Phaps chalcoptera, 

 and averages externally eleven inches and a half in diameter, the 

 egg-cavity measuring six inches. The eggs would be clearly visible 

 through the bottom of the nest. It was taken near Cooktown, 

 but was forwarded to Mr. French by his collector from the Gulf 

 district ; hence the mistake in the locality in my previous note. 



INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF FLUKE. -First Note. 

 By Rev. VV. Fielder. 

 CRead he/ore Field Naturalists' CJuh of Victoria, 10th February, 1896.^ 

 1 PROPOSE during the next few months to supply short notes 

 under this heading, calling attention not only to the snail hosts 

 but also to some curious modifications in the fluke embryos 

 which future investigations will probably explain. Before doing so, 

 however, I wish to tender my best thanks to Mr. Chas. Hedley, 

 F.L.S., of the Australian Museum, Sydney, and Mr. G. B. 

 Pritchard, of Melbourne, for identifying the shells, and to Messrs. 

 Howard Cummins, W. M'Cavv, and W. J. O'Neill, members of 

 the Club, and Mr. E. T. t^dwards, of Camberwell, for valuable 

 assistance in confirming observations ; also to those who have 

 given hearty assistance in securing specimens from different parts 

 of the colony. 



The observations here set down range from the middle of 

 January to the same period of February. Fluke embryos were 



