104 MUSCICAPIDffl. 



confluent, and intermingling with a few spots of lilac form an 

 irregular zone. 



A set of four taken at Tyndarie by Mr. James Ramsay in 1879, 

 measure as follows :— length (A) 0-65 x 0-5 inch ; (B) 0'63 x 0-5 

 inch ; (C) 0-62 x 0-48 inch ; (D) 0-63 x 0-5 inch. 



This bird breeds during August and the two following months. 



Hah. Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River Districts, 

 New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 

 West and South- West Australia. {Bamsay ) 



•5 PETRCEOA PHCENICEA, Gould. 



Flame-breasted Robin. * 



Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 167, p. 282. 



For the nest and several sets of eggs of this bird I am indebted 

 to Mr. Joseph Hill of Pine Rise, Kewell, Victoria, who procured 

 them together with the birds on the borders of the Mallee Scrub, 

 in the Wimmera District, during September 1884. The nest is 

 similar to that of P. leggii, and the eggs in every instance were 

 three in number for a sitting. The ground colour of the eggs is 

 greenish-white, freckled and spotted with yellowish and chestnut- 

 brown markings ; in two specimens, A and B, towards the larger 

 end is a well defined zone of delicate lilac spots ; in the other 

 specimen C, the spots are uniformly distributed over the whole 

 surface. Length (A) 0-73 x 0'58 inch; (B) 0'74 x 0-57 inch; 

 (C) 0-72 X 0-56 inch. 



The breeding season commences in August and lasts during 

 the three following months. 



Eah. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, and 

 Tasmania (Ramsay.) 



