OOLLYEIOCINCLA. 81 



This bird breeds from August till the end of December. 



Hah. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia. {Barjusay.) 



COLLYRIOCINCLA PARVULA, Gould. 



Little Grey Thrush. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 127, p. 225. 



The mode of nidification of the Little Thrush is similar to that 

 of the preceding species. Eggs of this bird in the Dobroyde 

 Collection, taken at Port Darwin, are nearly oval in form, pearly- 

 white, spotted and blotched with olive-brown, blackish-brown, and 

 obsolete bluish-grey markings, which predominate towards the 

 thicker end. Length (A) 1-05 x 0-75 inch; (B) 1 ■03x0-72 inch. 



Hah. Port Darwin and Port Essington. (Samsa/y,) 



■3 COLLYRIOCINOLA BRUNNEA, Gould. 



Brown Thrush. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust, Vol. i., sp. 125, p. 223. 



The nest of this species is similarly constructed to that of other 

 members of the genus, being composed outwardly of bark, and 

 lined internally with twigs and grasses, and usually placed in the 

 hollow top of a high stump. Eggs three in number for a sitting, 

 pearly-white, spotted and blotched with oli\re-brown markings, 

 intermingled with superimposed spots of bluish-grey which become 

 confluent towards the larger end, where they form a well defined 

 zone. An average specimen taken by the late Mr. T. H. Boyer- 

 Bower at Derby, North-western Australia, in October, 1886, 

 measures 1-18 inch long diameter, by 0"77 inch short diameter. 



