52 PAEDALOTINJE, 



of a tree. Its eggs usually four in number, are white, and meastfre 

 (A) 0-7 X 0-55 inch ; (B) 0-67 x 0-55 inch ; (C) 07 x 0-52 inch. 



The species breeds during September and the three following 

 months. 



Eab. Dawson River, New South Wales, Victoria and South 

 .Australia, Tasmania. {Ramsay.) 



''■ PARDALOTUS MELANOCEPHALUS, GouU. 

 Black-headed Fardalote. 



Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 86, p. 165. 



• 

 The nidification of this species is similar to that of P. p%nctatus, 

 a nest of bark and grasses, being constructed at the end of a small 

 tunnel about eight or ten inches long in a bant. It is a very 

 common bird at Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, and the Richmond 

 and Clarence Rivers. Eggs four in number for a sitting, pure 

 white, rather pointed at the smaller end. 



A set taken by Dr. Ramsay at the Salt Water Creek, Richmond 

 River on the 19th of September 1866 measures as follows ; — 

 length (A) 0-7 x 0-54 inch ; (B) 0-73 x 0-53 inch ; (C) 0-72 x 0-54 

 inch ; (D) 7 x 0-53 inch. 



A set taken by Mr. Rainbird at Port Denison measures length 

 (A) 0-68 X 0-55 inch ; (B) 0-67 x 0-54 inch ; (C) 0-67 x 0-53 inch. 



This bird breeds during September and the four following 

 months. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

 South Wales, Interior, {kamsay.j 



