S4 PABDALOTIN*. 



'i PARDALOTUS RUBRICATUS, GovM. 



Bed-lored Diamond-bird. 



GoM, Handlk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 82, p. 158. 



" From letters received from Mr. "William E. Armit, I learn that 

 this species is by no means rare on the Norman River, and is also 

 found rather plentiful on the Etheridge River. It comes as far 

 south as Georgetown, where Mr. Armit obtained the nest and eggs. 

 Like Pm-dalotm punctatus, P. melanocephalus, and P. uropygialis, 

 this species digs holes or tunnels in the banks of creeks, «Sec., 

 making a long narrow tunnel from two to three feet in length, at 

 the end of which it excavates a chamber large enough to contain 

 the nest, which is about four inches in diameter. This round 

 chamber is lined on all sides both above and below, with fine 

 grasses, except a small hole for exit opposite the tunnel. The 

 eggs are four in number, pearly white, 0'8 inch in length by 0"6 

 inch in width towards the thicker end ; those at present under 

 consideration are rather pyriform, and more pointed thaw those of 

 any other species I have seen. Some specimens are a little larger 

 than others." {Ramsay, P.L.S., N'.S.W., Vol. ii., p. 110.) 



Sab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Dawson River, New 

 South Wales, Interior. (Ramsay.) 



^ PARDALOTUS QUADRAGINTUS, Gould. 



Forty-spotted Pardalote. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 83, p. 160. 



This species is confined to Tasmania, the nidification being similar 

 to that of P. affinis and P. st/riatus. A set of four eggs which 

 were taken from a hole in the hollow limb of a tree near Hobart, 

 in October 1885 are white, rounded in form, and slightly pointed 

 at one end ; they measure as follows : — length (A) 0'65 x 0-5 inch ; 

 (B) 0-65 X 0-51 inch ; (0) 0-63 x 0-52 inch ; (D) 0'66 x 0-5 inch. 



Hob. Tasmania. {Ramsay.) 



