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(1890); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 490 (1901); 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 288 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 v. p. 440 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 334 (1910). 



The eggs of the Ilcd-eyebrowed Finch vary from an ordinary to 

 a lengthened oval shape, and are plain white. They have a very 

 slight amount of gloss. The measurements vary from '57 to '69 in 

 length, and from '44 to *49 in breadth. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



.1. New South Wales. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Koscville, near Sydney, N.S. Wales, A. J. North, Esq. [P.], 



22nd Sept. 



1. Dobroyd, N.S. Wales, Oct. (JE. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



1 . Dobroy d(KF.R.: Tristram Coll. ). Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Belmore, N. S. Wales, 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North}. 

 5. Yarra River, Victoria, 28th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. N.). 

 5. South Australia, Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(?] 



2. Dawsley, near Adelaide, S. Aus- E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



tralia. 



Genus BATHILDA, Beichenb. 



Bathilda ruficauda (Gould). 



Bathilda ruficauda, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 412 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 374 (1890) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 492 (1901); Gladstone, Avicult. Mag. vi. p. 30 (1908); 

 North, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 291 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 v. p. 446 (1909) ; 'Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 334 (1910). 



The eggs of the Eed-faced Finch are of an oval form, plain white 

 and very slightly glossy. Four specimens measure respectively : 

 65 by -45 ; -62 by '46 ; -64 by -45 ; -65 by -46. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salviij-Godman Coll. 



London). 



2. New South Wales, 17th Nov. Gould Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C. 



Genus POEPHILA, Gould. 

 All the species lay pure white eggs devoid of gloss. 



Poephila acuticauda (Gould). 



Poephila acuticauda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 375 (1890) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 493 (1901) ; North, Nests 

 $ Eggs Austr. Birds', \\. p. 293 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 446 

 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 334 (1910). 



Eggs of the Long-tailed Grass-Finch vary considerably in shape, 



