96 MUSOIOAPID^. 



ornamenting the outside of their nests with small scales of the 

 bark and lichen which grow upon the same trees, is beautifully 

 illustrated in not only the nest of the present species, but also in 

 those of many other Australian birds : as in that of the genus 

 Eopsaltria, and more particularly in those of the genus Sittella, 

 which are not only ornamented on the outside with scales of bark 

 from the same or similar branches to which they are fastened, but 

 the inside is carefully lined with small pieces of the mouse-eared 

 lichen, so arranged as to bear a very close resemblence to the eggs.'' 

 (Ramsay, Proc. Phil. Soc, Sydney, 1865, p. 329, pi. i., figs. 9 

 and 10.) 



Dimensions of a set in the Australian Museum Collection : — 

 length (A) 0-73 x 0-59 inch ; (B) 0-75 x 0-59 inch. 



. A set in the Dobroyde Collection measures as follows : — length 

 (A) 0-71 X 0-56 inch ; (B) 0-72 x 0-54 inch. 



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

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New Sovfth Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Bamsay ) 



Genus MONAKCHA, Vigors and Horsfield. 



•^ MONARCHA MELANOPSIS, VieiUot. 



(M. carinata, Swainson.) 

 Oarinated Flycatcher. 

 Gould, Eandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 152, p. 262. ^ZZT ./. 



Dr. Ramsay writes as follows regarding the nidification of this 

 species : — 



" I have never myself had the pleasure of finding the nest of 

 this beautiful species, but perhaps the fact that very few breed 

 about Sydney may be sufficient for this seeming neglect. 



For the nest and eggs which at present grace my collection I 

 am indebted to Mr. George Masters, of Petersham, who procured 

 them during a visit to Kiama in January 1864. 



