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in tte latter the upper surface is darker and the crescentic 

 dark markings broader, particularly on the upper tail coverts. 

 The lesser wing coverts are more conspicuously tipped with 

 ochraceous white ia the continental species, and the wing is 

 slightly shorter than in our bird. The wing measurements in 

 the respective series above alluded to are 5"3 — 5.4 inches, and 

 ^•1 — 5'3 inches. 



The Tasmanian G-round Thrush is an early breeder. Mr. 

 -Chris. Adams of the Lower Piper having found a nest with 

 two eggs in that district on the 4th of August this year. A 

 nest was also found on Mount "Wellington this year at the end 

 of July. 



24. Ephthiantjea albifrons, Jm-d. and SeTby. 



This interesting little bird was observed on marshy ground 

 near Long Point, a small flock were frequenting reedy ground 

 near a lagoon (L). Mr. Morton likewise observed it near 

 near the settlement in the beginning of August. 



These valuable observations prove that this pretty little chat, 

 which has hitherto been thought to be migratory to Tasmania, 

 is, to a certain extent, resident here, and that Maria Island is 

 one of its winter localities. It is likewise found in the winter 

 on the eastern shores of the Derwent, for my son observed a 

 small flock feeding on the shores of the inlet at Muddy Plains 

 in the latter part of June, and on the 21st of May met with a 

 flock close to Bellerive township. In the summer they are 

 found in many localities along the Derwent where the ground is 

 marshy and covered with rushes, rank tussocks, and small 

 bushes, in which places it builds. In former years, Mr. Edward 

 Swan informs me that it used to make its appearance at 

 Cornelian Bay and bred where the cemetery is now situated. 

 I found it breeding near South Bridgwater in October 

 last, and observed it plentiful at South Arm Neck in 

 November, and in this secluded locality it is doubtless resident. 

 The probably correct hypothesis is that it moves about the 

 country in the breeding season, and is therefore more noticed 

 then than in the winter, its numbers being also increased in 

 the summer by a partial migration from the mainland. 



25. CiNCLOSOMA. PTTNCTATIJM, Latll. 



Observed by Mr. Morton in bush on the West Coast. 



This pretty bird is erroneously styled a thrush in the 

 colony, but it differs from that family in the structure of its 

 wing, leg, and bill. It is again called a "dove," a terrible 

 misnomer, when we think of the beautiful ground doves that 

 exist in tropical regions. It is no more unorthodox, however, 

 than christening the magnificent bustard of Australia a 

 TttrJcey ! The genus Cinclosoma is a Papua- Australian one, 



