106 MUSOICAPIDa. 



The nest is a small shallow structure, composed of strips of 

 bark, grasses, roots, &c., held together on the outside with 

 cobwebs, and placed on the dead branch of a tree within a 

 few feet of the ground. Eggs two in number, one specimen (A), 

 being a dark asparagus-green, faintly tinged with brown on the 

 larger end, the other (B), with the exception of the smaller end 

 which shows ths asparagus-green ground colour, is shaded all over 

 with rich browa, more particularly towards the larger end, which 

 is entirely capped with a darker tint of the same colour. Length 

 (A) 0-8 X 0-59 inch ; (B) 0-78 x 0-6 inch. {North, P.L.S., N.S. 

 W., Vol. ii., 2nd Series, p. 554, 1887.) 



Hob. Derliy, N. W. A., Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Interior. {Bamsay.) 



J-'' Genus AMAUEODBYAS, GouU. 



AMAUEODRYAS VITTATA, Qmy et Oaimard. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 170, p. 286. 



The nest of this species is similar to that of M. hicolor, but 

 somewhat larger. For the first eggs of this species I am indebted 

 to Mr. Gordon, who obtained them among others for me during 

 his residence on King Island, in Bass's Straits, when superintending 

 the building of the lighthouse at that place. Eggs three or four in 

 number for a sitting of a pale apple-green, faintly tinged with 

 brown on the larger end forming a perfect, but nearly invisible, 

 zone. Length (A) 0-87 X 0-63 inch ; (B) 0-84 x 0-63 inch ; (C) 

 0'88 X 0-67 inch. Among several sets taken in October 1885, 

 near Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, are some with a 

 distinct zone of brown spots ; others again appear as if smudged 

 in places with the same colour. Dimensions of one of the sets are 

 as follows :— length (A) 0-87 x 0-66 inch ; (B) 0-84 x 0-64 inch ; 

 (0) 0-85 X 0-63 inch. 



