582 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 
Myzometa opscura, Gould. 
‘‘ Dusky Honey-eater.” 
Figure.—Gould, Bds. of Australia, fol., vol. iv, pl. 67. 
Reference.—Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. ix, p. 143. 
Previous Descriptions of Eggs.—Le Souéf. Ibis, p. 313 (1896). 
Geographical Distribution.—Northern Territory and Queens- 
Jand, also New Guinea. 
Nest.—Cup-shaped, small, frail ; composed of fine br Seria: 
rootlets ; inside lined with ‘long hair. Dimensions over all, 2? 
inches by 2 inches in depth; egg cavity, 14 inches across by 
13 inches deep. 
Eggs.—Clutch, 2 usually ; oval, compressed at one end ; texture 
fine ; surface slightly glossy ; colour warm-white, spotted chiefly 
round the upper quarter with reddish-brown or chestnut and 
purplish-grey. Dimensions of a clutch in parts of an inch—(1) 
“*665x °D 5 (2) “62x 0: 
i -eater would also 
appear to be an obscure species. It is confined to Northern Australia. 
The 13th August, 1885, on Hinchinbrook Island Northern 
Queensland, I found a nest of this species being built in the man- 
groves, but, unfortunately, I had to leave that interesting collect- 
ing ground before the nest was completed. 
Mr. Dudley Le Souéf states a nest of the Dusky Honey-eater 
was found on 23rd October, 1893, during his visit to Mr. Hislop, 
Bloomfield River district. The nest was well shaded by foliage 
near the top of an Ironwood (Eucalypt) tree about 30 feet from the 
ground. One of the parents was secured. 
Another nest containing two eggs was taken by Mr. R. Hislop, 
17th October, 1895. 
ACANTHORHYNCHUS TENUIROSTRIS, Latham. 
“ Spine-bill.” 
Figure.—Gould, Bds. of Australia, fol., vol. iv, pl. 61. 
Reference.—Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. ix, p. 149. 
Previous Descriptions of Eggs.—Gould, Bds. of Austr. (1848), 
also Hdbk., vol. i, p. 552 (1885). North, Cat. Nests and Eggs, 
Austno. Mus., p. 220 (1889). 
Geographical Distribution.—Queensland, New South Wales, 
Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, King Island, and Furneaux 
Group. 
Nest.—Cup-shaped, small, deep ; composed outwardly of moss 
chiefly and bark; inside lined with grass, finished off warmly with 
feathers ; usually placed in a thick bush such as Prickly Acacia or 
among the close branchlets of a Banksia, Exocarpus, or near the 
top of a ti-tree (Melaleuca). Dimensions over all 34 inches by 2 
inches in depth; egg cavity 1} inches across by 1} inches deep. 
