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stringy bark, and cobwebs are also used. It is cup-shaped, two 
inches in depth, and two in breadth on the inside, while externally, 
the measurements are one inch more each way. It was suspended 
by the rim to the small branch of a lofty gum-tree (Hucalyptus). 
where from its situation it was very difficult of detection.” 
374. SiTTHELLA LEucocEPHAL’. (White-headed Sittella.) 
Locality,—Queensland, New South Wales and Interior. Egg,— 
Rounder and smaller than that of the better known SS. chrysoptera. 
Ground-color of a faint greenish tinge, rather boldly marked all over 
with various shades of Chinese ink and slate color. In some 
specimens the markings are inclined to congregate round the centre 
and are intermingled with a few spots of dark olive. Two clutches 
of two eggs each furnished the following dimensions:—(1) 7 x 64 
lines; (2) 64 x 6 lines. 
This Sittella’s nest, in common with its species, is wonderfully 
made and cunningly placed in an upright fork of a dead limb. The 
Specimen now being described is in a forked branch of a Brigalow 
tree, (a species of Acacia.) It is lined with soft, silky material such 
as cocoons, bark, &c., and externally there is felted on, with cob-web 
or other sticky substance, little pieces of bark assimilating the color 
of the bark on which the nest is placed, giving the nest, at a short 
distance, the appearance of merely an excrescence of the tree, thus 
rendering its detection a great difficulty, or a mere matter of chance. 
The one under notice was discovered by the bird’s own actions. 
Inside measurement of the nest is 14 inches across the mouth, by 
1d inches deep. The White-headed Sittella breeds in October. 
445.  TRICHOGLOSSUS CHLOROLEPIDOTUS.  (Scaly-breasted 
Lorrikeet.) | Locality,—Queensland, New South Wales, and 
Interior. Egg,—White; length 114 to 12 lines; breadth 94 to 
102 lines. 
467. LopHorHars pLumMiIFrERA. (Plumed Bronze-wing Pigeon.) 
Locality,—North and South Australia and Interior. Egg,— 
White, of the usual shape; length 1 inch; breadth 94 lines. 
494. Casvarius ausrrauis. (Australian Cassowary.) Locality, 
—Northern Queensland. Egg,—Of a graceful elliptical form, and 
is superficially like shagreen or rough American cloth, but not quite 
so rough as the Emu’s egg. General appearance,—In color a 
beautiful pea-green, but if examined critically, the raised, rough 
particles of the shell will only be found to be green, while the minute 
interstices are greenish white ; length 5,7 inches; breadth 313 inches. 
The above description is taken from a handsome pair of eggs 
exhibited by Dr. Lucas at the last meeting. The Cassowary eggs 
are of great interest, not only for their great beauty, but being the 
largest of all Australian eggs. The Cassowary inhabits the dense 
tropical jungles between the Herbert River and Cape York Peninsula. 
The nest is generally placed near the base of a large tree in the great 
