72' tAoayCEtHALlNjE. 



Wilcannia in New South Wales, in October 1882, and later on 

 in the same year at Adavale, Queensland. 



In both instances the nests were built in the Polygonum bushes 

 and were cup-shaped structures composed of thin twigs, lined with 

 grasses. Eggs two in number for a sitting ; those taken at 

 "Wilcannia are elongate in form, of a pale blue ground colour, 

 minutely spotted and blotched with irregular shaped black 

 markings ; length (A) 1-03 x 0-68 inch ; (B) 0-97 x 0-67 inch. 

 The specimens taken at Adavale, Queensland, are more rounded 

 in form, of a deep blue ground colour, with a few minute dots and 

 nearly round spots of black ; closely resembling those of the Song 

 Thrush (Tv/rdus musieus), from which they differ only in size ; 

 length (A) 0-93 x 07 inch ; (B) 0-93 x 071 inch. 



An egg of this species in the Dobroyde Collection, taken by 

 one of Mitchell's party during his expedition to Central Australia 

 in 1835, is similar in size and markings to the last described ; 

 another pair taken by Mr. James Ramsay at Tyndarie in 1876, 

 is of a delicate blue ground colour minutely spotted and blotched 

 with irregular shaped purplish-brown markings. 



The breeding season of this species commences in September, 

 and lasts the two following months. 



Sab. Gulf of Carpentaria, New Sonth Wales, Interior, Victoria 

 and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Genus PSOPHODES, Vigors and Horsfield. 



? PSOPHODES CREPITANS, Viffors and Horsfield. 



Ooaoh-whip-bird. 



Gould, Ilandbk. Bds.Aust., Ydl. i., sip. 182, ip. S12. XSZ: ^ 



This bird is found in the dense thickets and scrubs that clothe 

 the sides of mountain ranges, rivers, and creeks. I found it very 

 plentiful in the Strzelecki Ranges in South Gippsland, Victoria, 

 making the fern gullies and musk scrubs echo with its peculiar 



