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liuuhci'ti). White-fronted Wren (liphtliiaiuira dlliifniii^), and Flame-breasted Robin {I'tii-dni 

 /'/;iwa(Y7), measure as follows ; — Letif^'th (A) o-j^ x o-j inches ; (B) 0-7 x ir5 inches; (C) o-6c) 

 X o'4<S inches; (I)) crji x o-^ inches. 



When resident at Mossgiel, New South Wales, the late Mr. K. M. Bennett wrote me as 

 tullows : — " The eggs of Laiuprocoiiyx hasdiis in this district are in\ariably deposited in the nests 

 oi Malitrus Itiuofylcnis a.ud I 'tiirem i;(i(ideuovii. On two occasions I witnessed the ejecting of the 

 other occupants of the nest from tiiose of the latter species by the young Cuckoo. After wriggling 

 about some time, the Cucl<oo being the larger and stronger bird contrives to get one of the others 

 on its back, and then with a sudden elevation it precipitates the unfortunate Hedgeling over the 

 edge of the nest. IJy way of experiment I once replaced one of the young Red-capped Robins 

 in the nest, but in less than half an hour the Cuckoo was again the sole occupant. I then left 

 it in undisturbed possession, Hrst despatching the unfortunate young Robins, as they would 

 speedily fall a prey to the legions of ants beneath the nest." 



Writing under date 27th November, icjo6, the late Mr. [. 1). Cox of CuUenbone, Mudgee, 

 New South Wales, said ; — " I have observed a fact in bird life that may interest you. There 

 is a nest of Stagonopleuya f^uttata about eighteen feet from my easy chair on the verandah. I 

 saw a Bronze Cuckoo peering about, and it presently crawled into the nest, but after a few 

 seconds backed out. A couple of days later I saw her go into the same nest, but was 

 cpiickly hustled out by the Finches. A few days later she made another entry to the nest, 

 and stayed longer, and then came out head lirst with an egg in her bill, and it was a light 

 coloured egg. This puzzled me, so 1 went to the nest and put my hand in, when to my wonder 

 tiie two old Finches were at home sitting on six eggs. I cannot say whether the Finches were in 

 the nest at the time of the Cuckoo's first visit, but when they were at home, on the occasion of 

 her second visit, they savagely drove the intruder out, and when on the third visit they were 

 also at home, they apparently took no notice. The egg the Cuckoo carried out of the nest 

 looked like a Finch's egg, but I could not be certain, as Laiiiproiocivx hasalis also lays a light 



coloured egg.' 



Mr. G. A. Keartland writes me as follows : — '• In every part of Australia I ha\ e visited I 

 have seen Latiiprocaic'vx hasaln, and have either collected or received its eggs from friends nearly 

 all over the continent. The different species of Maliirns, Acaidhiza and Pdraxa are most frequently 

 chosen as foster parents for their young." 



From Broken Hill, South-western New South Wales, iJr. W. Macgillivray writes me : — 

 " A Bronze Cuckoo (C//(i/i(iri)(-Q'.v, sp. ?) was noted in June, and often seen during the spring 

 months. Mr. C. Gayer found an egg of C. hasalis in the nest of Ephthianura tricolor, together 

 with the eggs of the latter bird, on his journey from Broken Hill to Wilcannia." 



Mr. \i. H. Lane, of Orange, New South Wales, informs me that he has, among others in 

 his collection, the eggs of Lampvoconvx hasalis, taken with sets of the following species : — Acanthiza 

 Iiiuata. Kplitliiaunra ailiifroiis and Pctia'ca f^oodmovii. 



Mr. Tom Carter sent me the following : — " The Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx 

 hasalis) is fairly common about Point Cloates, in North-western .\ustralia, in winter, but is 

 occasionally seen after summer rains. An egg of this species was found in the nest of Ephthianura 

 tricolor on 4th March, i8g8, and another on ist June, 1887, in the nest of Calaiiiaiithus cainpcstris." 



From Freshwater, near Manly, Mr. A. F. B. Hull sends me, among other notes relative to 

 the nests of various species in which the eggs of Eamprococcyx hasalis were found either by himself 

 or in his company, the following : — " A nest of Ma/unis lamhcrti was found building on the 

 2gth December, 1905, behind the tram shed at the terminus. Manly. On the 6th January, 

 igo6, I saw Chalcococcyx hasalis near the nest, and approached within an arm's length of her, but 

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