163 



series, p. 170 (1887) ; North, Nests and Eggs, Austr. Birds,, 

 p. 251 (1889) : Salvad., Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. XX.,. 

 p. 132 (1891). 



Cacatua eos, Gould, Bds. Austr,, fol., vol. V., pi. 4 (1848). 



Three eggs taken from a hollow branch of a tree near the 

 Fitzroy River. When fresh they are pure white ; but these 

 specimens are very much nest-stained, and were apparently 

 incubated. Length (A) 1-52 x 1*2 inch ; (B) 147 x 1-18 inch ; 

 (C) 1*47 X 1*12 inch. These eggs are larger than any I have 

 seen from Eastern Australia. 



No. 61. Sauloprocta picata (Pied Fantail). 



Rhipidura picatn, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., vol. I., Tntrod. p. 

 XXXIX. (1848). 



Three eggs. They are oval in form, and of a cream-buff ground 

 colour with a band of small dull chestnut-red surface-spots on 

 the thicker end, intermingled with underlying markings of pale 

 bluish-grey. Length, (A) 0-73 x 0*56 inch, (B) 0*75 x 056 inch. 

 (C) 0-73 X 0-58 inch. 



No. 62. CiNCLORAMPHUS RUFESCENS (Rufous-rumped Lark). 



Anthus riifescenSy Vig. and Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. XV.,. 

 p. 230 (1826). 



Ci7icIo7'amphus ru/escens, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., vol. III., pi, 

 76 (1848) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 153 (1889) ,•; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Frit Mus,, vol. VII., p. 500 (1883). 



Ptenoidiis rufescens, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., vol. IT., 

 2nd series, p. 168 (1887). 



Two eggs found on the ground. They are of a pale purplish- 

 white ground colour, with freckles, spots, and a few blotches of 

 purpli^ih-red distributed over the entire surface of the shell, the 

 markings being slightly larger and darker on the thicker end. 

 Length, 0-87 x 0-64 inch, (B) 0-91 x 07 inch. 



No. 63. Syncecus australis (Swamp Quail). 



Perdix australis, Lath., Ind. Orn. Suppl., p. 4, XII (1801). 



Synoicus australis, Gould, ^Bds. Austr., fol., vol. V., pi. 89' 

 (1848) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. I., 2nd series, p. 

 1,099 (1886); North, Nests and Eggs of Austr. Bds., p. 289 

 (1889). 



Syncecus antralis, Grant, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. XXII., p. 

 247 (1893). 



A set of four are swollen ovals in form, pointed slightly at the- 

 end, and are of a uniform dull yellowish-white, except where nest 

 stained. Length, (A) 1-22 x 0-92 inch, (B) 1-13 x 0-93 inch, 

 (C) M x 0-9 inch, (E) M9 x 0-93 inch. Another set has the- 



