<8 White, Description of New Australian Birds' Eggs. [isfTui 



holes in sandstone cliffs, with rocks overhanging. Measurements : 

 — Outside diameter, 6 inches ; inside diameter, 3 inches ; outside 

 depth, 2I inches ; inside depth, i^ inches. 



Eggs. — Clutch, two to three, of the usual Shrike-Thrush shape ; 

 texture of shell smooth and glossy ; ground colour, pure pearly- 

 white ; the markings, of brownish-black, brown, and slate-grey, 

 are mostly large and sparingly distributed, principally about the 

 larger end. 



The eggs of this species may be readily separated from others of 

 the same family by the lesser number and (usually) larger size of 

 the marks. 



Measurements in inches : — No. i clutch, (a) 1.15 x .8, (6) 1.12 x 

 .8, (c) 1. 17 X .82 ; No. 2, {a) 1.14 x .81, (&) 1.14 x .8, (c) 1.05 x .75. 



Locality. — Borroloola, Macarthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 Northern Territory. Taken by H. G. Barnard, 31st December, 

 1913- 

 Amytornis woodward! (Hartert). White-breasted Grass-Wren. 



During Mr. H. G. Barnard's recent collecting trip to the Mac- 

 arthur River he was successful in securing two clutches of these 

 long-sought-for eggs. 



As will be seen from his notes to The Emu (vol. xiii., p. 188), 

 the quest was not a simple affair. 



Curiously enough, clutch No. i contained an egg of the Square- 

 tailed Cuckoo (or Cacomantis dumetorum of Gould), while No. 2 

 consisted of two addled eggs and a newly hatched bird {Amy- 

 tornis). The full clutch would therefore appear to consist of three 

 eggs. 



Nest. — A bulky dome-shaped structure (in shape much like a 

 Finch's), composed of the dry seed-stems of spinifex and dry 

 stringy-bark (eucalypt) leaves, lined with soft dead leaves of 

 spinifex, the whole structure being well bedded into the top of a 

 bunch of spinifex. 



Eggs. — No I clutch, very full roundish ovals ; No. 2, more 

 elongated ; shell close-grained, smooth and glossy ; ground colour, 

 white with faint pinkish shade, markings, scattered all over the 

 surface, but more numerous at the larger end, being of brownish- 

 red and mauve. 



Measurements in inches : — No. i {a) .76 x .63, (h) .78 x .63 ; No. 

 2 (a) .82 X .6, (&) .83 X .6. 



Locality. — Borroloola, Macarthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 Northern Territory. Collected by H. G. Barnard, 15th January, 

 1914, and 28th January, 1914, respectively. 



Falcunculus white! (Campbell). Yellow Shrike-Tit. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell [Emu, vol. x., p. 167) named the bird from 

 skins taken in North-West Australia, and has identified as the 

 same species skins collected by Mr. H. G. Barnard on the Mac- 

 arthur River, N.T. A stroke of good fortune came my way when 

 Mr. Barnard forwarded a pair of eggs. Our Eastern species 



