2e;2 AsHBY, Description of a New Ephthianuva. [..,,^"jaii. 



with the centre almost pure yellow, abdomen bufif-yellow. 

 In both specimens the lores are pale yellow. In one the eye- 

 brow is clearly marked in pale yellow ; in the other, probably a 

 young bird, it is represented by a slight yellow wash only. 

 Both females are only partially through moulting, the tail 

 feathers being almost entirely young quills. 



Measurements in inches :— Male. — Wing, 3 ; tail, 1.65 ; 

 culmen, .55 ; tarsus, .80. Females. — (i) Total length, 5 ; 

 wing, 3.05 ; tail, 1.68 ; culmen, .47 ; tarsus, .83. (2) Total length, 

 4.72; wing, 2.9; tail, 1.62 ; culmen, .47; tarsus, .9; middle toe, 

 .65 ; hind toe (including claw), .55. 



Habitat. — Leigh's Creek, S.A. 



Remarks. — I am indebted to Mr. J. R. B. Love for the hand- 

 some little birds above described, received in the flesh after inject- 

 ing formalin, and it is with pleasure I name the species after 

 him, while in the vernacular it may be known as the Desert Bush- 

 Chat. The male was obtained on the nth of November last, 

 and the two females a month later. There was a flock of about 

 a score. I have provisionally referred this species to the genus 

 EpJitJiianura, but it is of very robust form, and may, after 

 further investigation, exhibit generic differences. On com- 

 parison with Gould's figure and description of EpJitJiiaimra 

 crocea, Castelnau and Ramsay, the species herein described is 

 distinctly larger, and, while exhibiting some similarities, is 

 very dissimilar in general colouration, has no yellow rump, 

 and no crescent mark on breast. Through the kindness of Mr. 

 R. Etheridge, the skin of the male has been compared with the 

 EpJithiaiiurcB in the national collection in the Australian Museum, 

 and Mr. A. J. North supports my opinion that the new bird is 

 possibly allied to the Ephthianurce. 



Description of the Nest and Egg of White-winged 

 Petrel (CEstrelata leucoptera, Gould). 



By a. F. Basset Hull, R.A.O.U., Sydney. 



{Published as " Bulletin No. i " of the R.A.O.U., 15/12/10.) 

 Nest. — A depression in the ground, or a crevice amongst loose 

 stones, lined with a small quantity of broken pieces of dead fronds 

 of the cabbage palm. 



Egg. — One, soft chalky-white, rounded oval ; dimensions, 1.96 x 

 1.48 inches. 



Remarks. — This species breeds in considerable numbers on 

 Cabbage Tree Island, off the entrance to Port Stephens, New South 

 Wales. This is the type locality of the species, and I believe that 

 it has not been found elsewhere, except as an occasional straggler 

 on the wing. The birds were found in small numbers on the i6th 



