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of. year, the bushes being from two to four feet high. 
The call of the bird is weird, and is very similar to that of 
Megalurus gramineus. 
32. AcANTHORHYNCHUs suPERCiLiosus. Whitc-browed 
Spine-bill. (HalFs Key, p. 37.) 
A. Ad. S- 2.10.99. Denmark. 
B. Imm. ? . 26.9.99. ^ 
C. Young. 28.9.99. [-Tor Bay, Albany. 
D. Fledgling. 28.9.99.) 
The principal fact of interest that I have to report con- 
cerning this bird is that I found several incubating females 
which shewed a plumage far from mature. 
The architecture of two of the nests, though less splendid, 
resembled that of the eastern Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin 
{Eopsaltria australis). Being placed between branching 
twigs and not pendent, the style was far from the normal. 
The structure, though symmetrical, was coarse, and the edge 
of the bowl was wide ; it was deeper than broad and was 
lined with feathers. All the nests were cup-shaped. One 
measured: whole diameter 2'5 inches, whole depth 2, depth 
of bowl 1'5. While this particular fabric was placed 
some six feet from the ground in a Banksia, two others 
were quite eighteen feet from it. In one nest was a single 
nude young bird and in another an q^^ on the point of 
hatching (30.9.99), while in a third found near Albany was 
a very young nestling. It would seem that, according to 
my limited observations, the number of eggs is more often 
one than two. 
33. ZosTEROPs GouLDi. Grcen-backed Silver-eye. (HalFs 
Key, p. 38.) 
A. Ad. sk. Tor Bay, Albany. 29.9.99. 
B. Ad. sk. Geraldton. 13.10.99. 
C. Ad. sk. Wallabi Group, Abrolhos. 20.10.99. 
D. Young. Geraldton. 13.10.99. 
The sides of the body in all the above skins are only a 
shade more ashen than the breast. 
Young. Specimen D. — Although having just left the nest 
