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only on the inner weVis of the tail featiiers at the tip. Total length from the tip of bill to tip of 

 tail in the tlesh Qi inch, wing O'."), tail .'VJ, tarsus 0-7 inches, bill from forehead 1"2, from gape 

 1'3 inches. Jlab. Gulf District, X.W. <^ujenslaucl, and Dawson River District, <kc. 



The eggs of this species are similar to those of its ally 0. virldis, but smaller and not so rich in 

 colour, they are of a very light creamy bufi", with dark olive-brown spots, and a few of a pale lilac 

 or slaty tint, appearing as if beneath the shell ; the spots are sprinkled all over the surface rather 

 widely apart. Length (A) 1-3 x 0-9 ; length (B) 1-22 x 0-88. 



Pycnoptilus floccosus, Gould. 



" The true habitat of this rare I)ird has been somewhat a mystery ever since its discovery ; the belts 

 of the Murray River were always put down as the locality from whence the original specimens came. 

 Some years ago, Mr. James Ramsay met with it on the Murrumbidgee River, but only on one occasion. 

 AustraKan Ornithologists, therefore, may be pleased to hear that the bird is an inhal)itant of the 

 Coast-ranges near Sydney, New South Wales, from whence I have recently seen some beautiful 

 specimens, obtained by Mr. J. A. Thorpe, our skilful taxidermist. These birds were carefully sexed 

 but the sexes show no difference in the plumage. A pair measure as follows : — Male — Total length 

 G inches ; wing 2"55 inch ; tail 3 inches ; tarsus I'l inch ; bill from forehead, 0'7 inch : bill from 

 gape, 0"75. Female — Total length 6 inches ; wing 2--15 inches ; tail 2-9 inches; tarsus I'l inch ; 

 bill from forehead, 7 inch; bill from gape, 0'73 inch. Hab. Brushes of coast-range, New South 

 Wales, near Sydney. 



The occurrence of Pachyceiiiliala oHvacea and of GhjciphUa albijrons, with Campephaga jardinii 

 (tenuirostre), Jard., within a few miles of Sydney is also worth recording." 



Since the foregoing notes appeared in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (P.Z.S., 

 1881, p. 839) additional information on the habits and niditication of this interesting species has 

 been received ; I take the following remarks from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales, 2nd Series, Vol. 1., 1886, p. 1139 : — " Some months ago I made some remarks on the 

 occurence of this hitherto scarce bird in New South Wales, prior to which it had only been recorded 

 from our more southern provinces. Our taxidermist Mr. J. A. Thorpe, procured some beautiful 

 specimens in the flesh at Cambewarra, about one hundred miles south of Port Jackson ; and Mr. 

 Yardley of that district has forwarded quite recently, the nest and eggs taken by Mr. Sinclair, a 

 timber-getter, working in the adjacent scrubs. The nest I am informed, was placed on, or very near 

 the ground, among some debris on a bank or slope ; it is rather a loose structure, built of shreds of 

 bark chiefly, and lined with feathers of various kinds, among which may be distinguished those of 

 the Lyrebird, Cat-bird, and some of the Pycaoptilas itself. In form it is somewliat dome-sliaped, 

 placed on its side, and with a large, rough ill-detined opening, which was probably narrowed by 

 the adjacent debris among which it was placed. The eggs, two in number for a sitting, are in tint 

 of a dark rich purplish-brown like those of Serlcor)iis citreoyularis, with an indistinct zone at the 

 larger end of a blackish tint, and a few ill-delined ol)Solete spots of the same on the other parts, 



