THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 183 



In the first place, since my last supplementary sheets we shall 

 have to acknowledge descriptions of new eggs, by Dr. E. P. 

 Eamsay, of Falco snbniger (Black Falcon), Strix Candida (Grass 

 Owl), Amytis striatus (Striated Wren), Pcecilodryas superciliosa 

 {White-eyebrowed Robin), Mahirus jndanotus (Black-backed 

 Superb Warbler), Mahirus callainus (Turquoisine Superb 

 Warbler), Donacola castaneothorax (Chestnut-breasted Finch), 

 Fcephila gouldicR (Gouldian Grass-Finch), ISittella tenui- 

 tostris, Climaderis erythrops (Red-eyebrowed Tree-Creeper), 

 Ptilotis notata (Yellow-spotted Honey- eater), and Sericidiis 

 melinus (Regent-Bird). \_Vide Vol. i. (Series 2nd) of the "Pro- 

 ceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales."] Also 

 description, by Mr. A. J. North, of Strepera juelanoptera, Strepera 

 ■intennedia, Arfamus melanops (Black-faced Wood Swallow), 

 Malurus cyanochlanys, Acanthiza uropygialis (Chestnut-rumped 

 Warbler), Pcephila acuticauda (Long-tailed Grass-Finch), Acan- 

 thorhynchus diibius, Zosterops Jiavogularis, Megaloprepia assimilis 

 (Allied Fruit Pigeon), Rhipidura diemenensis (Tasmanian Fan- 

 tail), Gallinula ricjurissa (Rufous-vented Gallinule), Tadorna 

 radjah (Radjah Shieldrake), Melanodryas picata (Fied Robin), 

 and Eiidynamis cyanocephala (Australian Koel). \Vide Vol. 11. 

 (Series 2nd) of the " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales."] 



But the eggs of Strepera melanoptera^ S. intermedia, and 

 Mhipidura diemenensis are already well known in our collections 

 under more familiar synonyms, while the Spine-bill of Tasmania 

 \AcantJiorhynchus diibiiis) is certainly a very doubtful species, 

 because some of those birds noticed by the Club's recent 

 expeditions in an intermediate locality like King Island 

 apparently did not differ from the Victorian variety (^A. 

 tejiuirostris). 



I need not here give the descriptions 01" all the above- 

 mentioned, because I understand they are likely shortly to 

 appear in a more substantial and acceptable form. However, it 

 is with much pleasure I now beg the Club to accept the following 

 descriptions of other new eggs : — 



15. AsTUR Nov^-HoLLANDi^ — (White Goshawk). Locality 

 — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and 

 Tasmania. Egg — Beautiful bluish white, with a few large 

 smudges, and specks of purplish brown, some of each appearing 

 beneath the shell's surface ; the inner shell greenish. Length, 

 2 inches ; breadth, i^ inches. 



For the description of this beautiful Hawk's egg I am indebted 

 to ]\lr. Arthur E. Brent, of Roseneath, Tasmania. He further 

 adds — " Nest composed of very fine, dry sticks, broken freshly 

 from the extreme ends of dry branches, very flat, with a few 

 ^reen peppermint gum-leaves forming the receptacle for the 



