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fleshj'-vvhite. Length (A) 1.4 x 0.98 inches; (B) 1.38 x 0.97 

 inches. The nest of Scenop(retes dentirostris is a slightly- 

 concave structure, formed throughout of twigs ; coarser ones 

 below, and finer ones above, as a resting place for the eggs ; it 

 is most flimsy and loosely built, and resembles one of the smaller 

 Pigeon's, or a Dove's nest, and averages 5 inches in diameter by 

 2 inches in depth. It was placed in a low, thickly-foliaged tree, 

 about 17 feet from the ground, and in the most dense part of the 

 scrub. The nest contained two eggs, which are oval in form, the 

 shell being very finely granulate, lustrous, and of a uniform 

 creamy-brown colour, resembling very much the eggs of 

 Aeluroedus maculosus, but of a more distinct brownish hue. 

 Length (A) 1.63 x i.i inches ; (B) 1.62 x 0.9 inches. 

 Subsequently Mr. Sharp found other nests and eggs of the same 

 species." 



In The Victorian Naturalist^ xxv., pp. 160-168, Mr. North 

 gives more elaborated accounts of the finding by Mr. Geo. 

 Sharp of these rare nests, illustrations of which are also given. 



In his interesting notes Mr. Sharp states : — " I had a surprise 

 visit one day while at Evelyn from a collector who had been 

 staying at Atherton for some time, and who also was in quest of 

 Tooth-billed and Newton's Bower-Bird's nests and eggs, but 

 who had failed to locate either. I gave him one of the nests of 

 the Tooth-billed Bower-Bird, and gave him instructions how and 

 where to look for them. Later on he photographed my black 

 boy, Norman, half-way up the tree in which the first nest of this 

 species was found, and then I took him out to the bower of 

 Newton's Bower-Bird, which he had hitherto never seen, and, 

 after our felling trees to obtain a good light, he photographed it 

 with a group of my boys in the background." 



It was natural and kind of Mr. Sharp to assist a brother 

 naturalist in the field of exploration, but there was not the 

 slightest necessity for either Mr. Sharp or Mr. North to suppress 

 his name, as he was a well-known Sydney collector and field 

 naturalist — Mr. S. W. Jackson. Moreover, it was well known 

 that Mr. Jackson was in the northern scrubs specially in the 

 interests of Mr. H. L. White, Belltrees, Scone. N.S.W. Mr. 

 White has been good enough to place the whole of Mr. Jackson's 

 valuable notes and photographs at the disposal of the A.O.U. 

 These will appear as a special number of J lie Emu, which will, 

 immediately follow this issue, and will form part v. of the 

 present volume. 



The White-eye in New Zealand.— The following notes 

 by Mr. J. Drummond, of Christchurch, which, under the heading 

 " An Australian Settler in New Zealand," appeared in the 

 English Field oi 19th December last, will be read with interest :— 



