EUBYSTOMUS. 35 



It breeds in New South Wales during October and the two 

 following months. 



Hah. Derby, N.W.A., Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf 

 of Carpentaria, Cape York, Kockingham Bay, Port Denison, 

 Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River 

 Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia, W. and S. W. Australia, South Coast New Guinea. 

 [Ranvsay.) 



Family CORACID^. 



Genus EUEYSTOMUS, Vieillot. 



3 - 3 EURYSTOMUS PACIFICUS, Latlmm. 



Australian Boiler. 

 GouU, Handhk. Ms. Ausl., Vol. i., sp. 59, p. 119. ^^ZE / 



" I found this bird nesting in the hollow Eucalyptus boughs on 

 the Richmond River, in October, 1867 ; they make no nest but 

 lay their eggs on the dust formed by the decayed wood — not 

 unfrequently they fight with, and dispossess the Daoelo gigas, and 

 I have seen them take the young of this bird and throw them out 

 of the nest The eggs are two or three in number, of a dull white, 

 rather glossy, and sometimes variable in form, some being oval 

 and pointed, others almost round. Length (A) 1-45 x 1-05, 

 oblong; (B) 1-34 x M, roundish." {Dohr. Mus. P.L.S., N.S.W., 

 Vol. vii., p. 46. Ramsay.) 



Hah. Derby, N.W.A., Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port 

 Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 

 Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South 

 Australia, South Coast New Guinea. {Ramsay.) 



