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containing two eggs, the usual clutch, although 

 three are occasionally met with. In each instance 

 the nests were in the topmost twigs of Acacia verti- 

 cillata, about 12 feet from tbe ground, but 

 Lejptospermum Ian is another favourite shrub for 

 nesting. 



Page 252. No. 402 Gould. Calyptorhynchus xanthanotus. 

 As to time of nesting, Mr. North quotes Gould, 

 who gives October and November, on the authority 

 of Mr. G. French Angus. I do not think this 

 can be correct as regards the Tasmanian bird, for 

 I can obtain no authentic data as to its nesting 

 before Christmas. Mr. Gordon Allport knows of 

 trees having been felled and young birds found 

 just hatched well on in the new year; and two 

 sets of eggs in my collection were taken, one on 

 January 23, 1896, the other on January 2, 1897, 

 quite fresh. Both sets were obtained by Mr. 

 Leslie Burburv. 



No. 573 Gould. Porzana fluminea. 



This bird is not mentioned by Mr. North. The 

 first nest of this species found by myself was at 

 Bridgewater on the 29th September, lb94, the 

 bird flying from the nest at my feet and con- 

 tinuing the flight for about 100 yards. The nest 

 itself contained four eggs (partly incubated and 

 thickly coated with mudj, and was placed in a 

 small tussock of rushes about a foot or so above 

 the water, the materials used in construction 

 being the fibres of rushes and grass. Eggs, olive 

 green, spotted and blotched with dark brown. 

 Another nest found by myself on 19th September, 

 1896, contained five eggs, and was placed in the 

 centre of a large clump of " cutting grass," about 

 18 inches above the water. Judging by the colour 

 and measurements given, these eggs were mistaken 

 by Gould for those of Lewin's Water Eail. The 

 eggs of the latter are considerably larger, and of 

 a creamy white ground colour, while the markings 

 are red brown and light purple grey. 



No. 533 Gould. Gallinago australis. 



No mention made. Arrives in Tasmania in Sep- 

 tember. 



