88 MlISOIOAPIDffi. 



zone at the larger end. Length 0-68 x 0-55 inch. Other specimens 

 similar hut with larger and more defined markings have recently 

 been received from the late Mr. T. H. Boyer-Bower. Two is the 

 usual number of eggs laid for a sitting, and the above nest and 

 eggs were taken in the month of October, near Derby, North- 

 Western Australia. (Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. W., 2nd Ser., Vol. i., 

 p. 411.) 



Hah. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, South Coast 

 New Guinea. {Ramsay.) 



Genus SAULOPROCTA, Cahanis. 



SAULOPROCTA MOTACILLOIDES, Vigors and HorsfieU. 

 Black and White Fantail. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 139, p. 244. 



The nest of this bird is usually placed on the branch of a tree 

 overhanging the water, it is cup-shaped, and is composed of grasses, 

 fine strips of bark &c., neatly woven together with cobwebs, of 

 which latter material the outer surface is entirely covered ; and is 

 lined inside with fibrous roots &c., it measures three inches across 

 in external diameter, and two in depth, the inside measurement 

 being two and three-eighths of an inch by one and a-quarter in 

 depth. It does not always confine itself to building over, or near 

 water, having found its nest on several occasions at a great 

 distance from any stream. The eggs are three or four in number, 

 the ground colour yellowish- or brownish-white, becoming lighter 

 at the smaller end, with a zone at the larger end of minute dots 

 of yellowish-brown, ashy -grey, and bluish-black ; the latter colour 

 appearing on the under surface of the shell. Length (A) 0"8 x 

 0-6 inch; (B) 0-78 x 0-57 inch; (C) 0-8 x 0-6 inch. 



This species breeds during September, and the three following 

 mouths. 



