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part of September and the beginning of October, and the nest, 

 which is generally placed in the hollow part of a high tree, is 

 formed of dried strips of gum-tree bark very closely packed ; 

 it is deep, and is sometimes lined with soft grasses. The eggs, 

 which are two or three in number, are of a beautiful bluish or 

 pearly white, with large blotches of reddish olive-brown and dark 

 grey, the latter appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell ; 

 the medium length of the eggs is one inch and one line, by ten 

 lines in breadth.'' (Gould, Rwndhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., p. 222.) 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, West and South-west Australia. 

 {Bamsay.) 



COLLYRIOCINCLA RUFIGASTER, GouU. 

 Rufous-breasted Thrush. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 128, p. 226. 



Eggs of this species taken by Mr. George Barnard, on the 

 Dawson River, Queensland, are of a beautiful pearly-white, 

 spotted and blotched all over the surface with dark olive-brown, 

 and obsolete markings of slaty-grey, which are more thickly 

 disposed towards the larger end, where they become confluent. 

 Length (A) 1-03 x 074 inch ; (B) 1-01 x 0-73 inch. 



Hah. Derby, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond 

 and Clarence Rivers Districts, ISTew South Wales. {Ba/msay.) 



2. COLLYRIOCINCLA PARVISSIMA, Gould. 



Smaller Rufous-breasted Thrush. 

 A7m <fc Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. x., -p. 114. :e^ /■ 



Specimens of this bird in the Australian and Macleayan 

 Museums, and in the Dobroyde Collection, differ only from the 

 southern representative G. rufigaster in the deeper tints of its 

 plumage and smaller admeasurements. The average length of a 

 number of specimens of G. rufigaster obtained at Wide Bay and 

 the Richmond River, is 7'5 inches; wing, 3*9 inches; tail, 3-5 



