80 PEIONOPINiE.' 



Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

 South Wales, Intei'ior, Victoria and South Australia, W. and 

 S.W. Australia. [Ramsay.) 



Genus OOLLYRIOCINCLA, Vigors and Horsfield. 



3 OOLLYRIOCINCLA HARMONICA, Latham. 



' Harmonious Thrush. 



Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 123, p. 220. -ZST ?.3.^, 



The Harmonious Thrush may be met with in nearly every 

 part of New South Wales and Victoria, where its rich clear note 

 echoing through the bush is one of the earliest signs of approaching 

 spring. The nest is a round and rather loosely formed structure, 

 composed of Jong strips of bark with a lining of fibrous roots ; its 

 external diameter is five inches, and three and three quarter inches 

 in depth, the inside measurement being three and a-half inches 

 across by two and a-half inches in depth. The nest is usually 

 placed in the hollow top of a stump, at other times in the thick 

 fork of a tree. The eggs are three in number, and are subject to 

 considerable variation. 



Var. A. Ground colour buffy- white, covered evenly all over with 

 bran-like markings of light umber-brown, intermingled with others 

 of a darker tint, while appearing underneath the surface of the 

 shell are freckles of bluish-grey. Length (A) 1-18 x 0-87 inch; 

 (B) 1-21 X 0-87 inch; (0) 1-2 x 0-87 inch. 



Var. B. Ground colour beautiful pearly-white, with large 

 blotches of brownish-black, particularly on tlie larger end, where 

 with superimposed spots of bluish-black, they appear confluent 

 and form an irregular zone. Length (A) 1-2 x 0'9 inch; (B) 1-2 

 X 0-87 inch ; (C) M8 x 0-87 inch. 



Var. C. Egg in shape elongate, ground colour pearly-white, 

 with a few large dashes of black, confined exclusively to the larger 

 apex of the egg. Length 1-24 x 0-87 inch, 



