342 PLOCEIDJE. 



from a narrow, rather pointed oval to a wide, regular oval. They 

 vary from '59 to '65 in length, and from '40 to '46 in breadth. 



9. Australia (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Poephila nigrotecta, Barter t. 



Poephila atropygialis, Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 496 



(1901). 

 Poephila nigrotecta, Hartert, Bull B. O. C. viii. p. lix (1899) ; Le Souef, 



Ibis, 1900, p. 461 ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 300 



(1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 447 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 334 (1910). 



Eggs of the Black-rumped Grass-Finch vary in shape from a 

 regular oval to a rather pyriform oval. They measure from *59 to 

 b'o in length, and from -46 to *47 in breadth. 



4. Noorkonong, N. Queensland, W. Radcliffe Sailnders, Esq. 



26th Nov. [P.]. 



4. Noorkonong, 30th Jan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Noorkonong, 30th Jan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Noorkonong, 31st Jan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.j. 



4. Noorkonong, 1st Feb. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Noorkonong, 2nd Feb. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



5. Noorkonong, 3rd Feb. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



3. Noorkonong, 8th Feb. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Poephila oincta (Gould). 



Poephila cincta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 425 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 166 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p, 376 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 127 (1899) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 494 (1901) ; North, Nests $ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 295 (1909); Sharpe, Hund-l. v. p. 447 

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



The eggs of the Banded or Black-throated Grass-Finch are of a 

 somewhat pointed oval form. They measure from *61 to '65 in 

 length, and from '45 to *5 in breadth. 



1. Queensland (Dr. Rey). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Queensland (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.J. 



5. Herbert River. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 

 5. Da wson River, Queensland, 9th Mar. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



1. New South Wales, 20th Nov. Gould Coll. 



(Wilson). 



