GEEYGONE. 97 



The only instance I know of this bird's breeding in the vicinitj 

 of Sydney was in December 1860, when I observed a pair; 

 accompanied by two young ones scarcely able to fly. The first 

 specimen I obtained last year was during September, about the 

 25th. Mr. Masters had also shot some a few days before at 

 Petersham, about three miles distant from Sydney. They seldom 

 remain long, but disappear as miraculously as they come, only a 

 few pairs remaining to breed. 



The nest procured by Mr. Masters was placed between the 

 upright forks of a small tree, about eight feet from the ground. 

 It is a neat structure, cup-shaped and open above, composed of 

 grass and fine rootlets closely interwoven ; the outside is 

 ornamented with green moss, Hypnum, &c., which gives it a very 

 beautiful and pleasing appearance. It is four inches in length by 

 three across, and about an inch and a-half deep inside. The eggs 

 are two in number, their ground colour pinkish-white with 

 numerous bright red or pinkish salmon-coloured spots and markings 

 sprinkled all over the surface, but more numerously towards the 

 thicker end. They measure ten lines in length by eight in breadth. 

 In this bird the plumage of both sexes is alike." (Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1865, Vol. i.. New Series, p. 302.) 



Another set measures, (A) 0'9 x 0-7 inch ; (B) 0-91 x 0'69 inch. 



Hob. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 

 Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. {Ramsay.) 



Genus GEEYGONE, Gould. 



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GERYGONE ALBIGULARIS, Gould. 

 White-throated Qerygone. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 155, p. 266. 



" This delicate little bird is only a summer visitant to the 

 neighbourhood of Sydney, arriving regularly in tolerable numbers 

 every year during September, and remaining to breed, taking its 



