284 Jackson, Nests and Eggs Found in Atherton District. [,st June 



over the whole surface, but predominating at the larger end. One 

 egg [h) has .a more bluish tinge in the ground-colour, and the 

 markings generally are paler. Dimensions in inches : — {a) 1.38 x 

 0.92, {h) 1.28 X 0.97. 



(3.) PcECiLODRYAS ALBiFACiES, Sharpe (White-faced Robin) 



(Identification.— Taken by E. D. Frizelle and Sid. W. Jackson at 

 Tinaroo scrubs, 2nd December, 1908. Female identified.) 



Nest. — Deep, cup-shaped, constructed outwardly of green mosses 

 interwoven with strips of bark and cobwebs, and lined with dry 

 strippings of the lawyer vine [Calamus austr alls). Width 2| inches, 

 depth 3 inches ; egg cavity, width nearly if inches, depth if inches. 

 Was placed at the intersection of the stalk and leaf of the lawyer 

 vine, about 15 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. — Two ; swollen oval in shape ; surface, glossy ; texture, 

 fine ; colour, clear pale bluish-green, freckled with pale wood- 

 brown, confluent in [a) and forming a distinct cap on the larger end, 

 and sparsely scattered over the rest of the surface. In (b) the 

 markings are more evenly distributed over the whole shell, forming 

 a zone over the larger end. Both eggs are sparsely marked with 

 black specks over the whole shell. Dimensions in inches : — 

 [a) 0.77 X 0.57, (&) 0.76 x 0.58. 



(4.) AcANTHiZA SQUAMATA, De Vis (Scaly-breasted Tit). 



(Identification.— Taken by E. D. Frizelle and Sid. W. Jackson at 

 Tinaroo scrubs, nth November, 1908. Female identified.) 



Nest. — Dome-shaped, constructed outwardly of thin strips of 

 bark, grasses, mosses, and cobwebs, and lined with feathers. 

 Length, 6 inches ; width, nearly 4 inches. Was placed 20 feet from 

 the ground in a river oak (Casuarina). 



Eggs. — Three ; elongated oval in shape ; surface, slightly glossy ; 

 colour, white, freckled with markings of red-brown, which are 

 scattered over the shell, forming a cap at the larger end. Nest and 

 eggs closely resemble those of Acanthiza reguloides. Dimensions of 

 eggs in inches : — (a) 0.67 x 0.47, (h) 0.64 x 0.47, (c) 0.67 x 0.47. 



(5.) EopSALTRiA MAGNiROSTRis, Ramsay (Large-billed Shrike- 

 Robin). 



(Identification. — Taken by E. D. Frizelle and Sid. W. Jackson at 

 the Tinaroo scrubs on 9th December, 1908. Female identified.) 



Nest. — Open, deep, cup-shaped ; constructed of dry flat pieces of 

 a sedge-like rush (Gahnia, sp.) and strips of bark, and beautifully 

 decorated outwardly with mosses, lichen, and a few pieces of white 

 bark, all neatly fastened on with cobwebs ; inside lined with sec- 

 tions of dead, flat, sedge-like rushes and the needles of the river 

 oak (Casuarina). Width, 3 inches ; depth, 2 J inches ; egg cavity, 

 width 2 inches, depth ij inches. Was placed on the horizontal 

 branch of a tree, 21 feet from the ground, on the edge of the scrub. 



Eggs. — Two ; swollen oval in shape ; surface, fine and slightly 

 glossy ; colour, pale apple-green, freckled with reddish-brown, and 

 a few markings of dull purplish-grey, all becoming more confluent 

 at the larger ends, where they form an irregular zone. Dimensions 

 in inches : — (a) 0.88 x 0.63, (b) 0.89 x 0.63. 



