MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. 743 



13. Types of Xeets — continued. 

 134. Fibre Nests— 



(1) Upon the ground — (a) A Colony — Pipit ; (6) A Colony — 



Gannet; 



(2) Upon the water — Grebe; 



(3) Cup-shaped — ^Wood Swallow (Artamus) ; 



(4) Domed — Blue Wren; 



(5) Hidden in forest — Lyre Bird ; 



(6) Hidden in creek bank — Diamond Bird (Pardalotus) ; 



(7) High in tree — Shrike Tit (Falcunculus) ; 



(8) Varying architecture — Thickhead (Pachycephala) ; 



(9) Relatively large structure — Finch (^giniha tem- 



poralis) : 



(10) Suspended — Lunulated Honey Eater (Melithreptus) ; 



(11) Placed in strange positions — White-faced Tit (Xero- 



philaj ; 



(12) Associations of species — Petrels, Terus. 



13^. Specialised Fibre Nests. 



13^. Tree Hollows — Tree Creepers (Climacteris), Parrots 

 (PlatycercusJ. 



14. Eggs— 



(a) White once, as lizards now ; 



(h) Needing protection, they eventually got colour; 



(c) Some were later placed, in trees, both white and coloured; 



(d) Some eggs, being placed in hollows, needed colour and lost 

 it — Diamond Birds (Pardalotus) ; 



(e) Certain eggs are highly coloured, and may be protected by 



the birds themselves (Ptilotis) ; 



(f) Certain birds cover their eggs with— (/'!) down for protec- 



tion (Duck); (f^) water weeds (Grebe); 



(g) Natural incubator — (g^) on land; perfect — Malle© Fowl 



(Lipoa) ; (g^) on water — partial — Grebe (Podiceps) ; 

 (h) Period of incubation, 10 to 60 days — 10, Silver Eye; 60, 



Mallee Fowl; 

 (i) Exact meaning of colouration is unknown, though its value 



is evident in many cases — e.g., Bronze and Narrow-billed 



Bronze Cuckoos, Plovers, and Gulls. 

 (f) Forms — Plain Wanderer (Pedionomus) (pointed); King- 

 fishers (round) ; Pigeons (oval) ; 

 {k) Number — Quail, Plover, Mutton Bird (Puffinus) ; 

 (l) Attention to eggs— ? ? mostly, ^ ^ occasionally or always, 



in Plain Wanderers. ^ share labour in certain species — • 



Magpie Lark (Grallina). 



15. Pleasure ground (Specimen or illustration) — e.g., Bower and 

 Lyre Birds (Chlamydodera and Menura). 



