76 OAMPoteAGID*, 



and blotched with chestnut and wood-brown markings, a 

 few obsolete spots of the latter colour appearing as if beneath the 

 surface of the shell Length (A) 1-25 x 0-87 inch ; (B) 1-33 x 

 0'9 inch. 



The months of October, November, and December, constitute 

 the breeding season of this species. 



Hab. Tasmania. (Mamsay.) 



2 GRAUOALUS HYPEELEUCUS, Gould. 



White-bellied Graucalus. 

 Gould, Sandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 106; p. 196. -2X7 ^. 



"The nest of this species, like all those of the genus, is a rather ilat 

 structure of wiry grasses, securely fastened together by cobwebs, 

 and placed on a horizontal bough, usually over a forked branch ; 

 it is very shallow, having but a slight depression, just sufficient to 

 hold the eggs in the centre, round, and about four inches m diameter 

 outside ; the eggs in the present instance are two in number, of a 

 pale, and bright asparagus green with a few reddish-brown spots 

 confluent on the thicker end, and others sprinkled over the rest 

 of the surface; length l-l x 0'8 inch; some have no confluent 

 markings, but the spots are more evenly distributed, oval or round, 

 but sometimes closer together on the thicker end. From Mr. 

 Barnard's Collection." (P.L.S., JV.S. W., Vol. vii., p. 408, Eamsaij.) 



Hab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Dawson River, 

 South Coast New Guinea.? {Ramsay.) 



Genus PTEROPODOCYS, Gould. 



■3 PTEROPODOCYS PHASIANELLA, Gould. 



Ground Qrauoalus. 



Gould, Eandbh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 108, p. 199. ^Z3C. ^ 



" The nest greatly resembles that of Graucalus melanops, and is 

 placed in similar situations on horizontal boughs ; it is composed 



