130 TIMELIINiE. 



have been received lately at the Australian Museum from 

 Cambewarra. The nests which are attached to the end of the 

 stem of some bushy bough are large, bulky, dome-shaped structures, 

 composed of rootlets and moss, often eighteen inches in length and 

 six wide, the opening is midway down the side and completely 

 covered with a hood. The eggs are three in number for a sitting, 

 large for the size of the bird, elongated, and smooth to the touch. 

 Two of a set taken at Taranya Creek, on the 17th October 1866, 

 are of a pale chocolate-brown, becoming lighter towards the thin 

 end, with a well defined zone of dark umber on the larger end, 

 the other (C) is very like the egg of Pycnoptilus floccosug, being 

 of a uniform drab ground colour, minutely freckled on the larger 

 end with blackish-brown, forming an indistinct band. On looking 

 closely into the eggs of this species and that of P. fioccosus, the 

 ground colour in some specimens appears to be cracked, in fine, 

 faint undulating rings, quite encircling the shell. Length (A) 

 0-96 X 0-67 inch ; (B) 0-95 x 0-68 inch ; (0) 1 inch x 0-68 inch. 



A set taken by Mr. Yardley at Cambewarra measures, length 

 (A) 1 -01 X 0-63 inch ; (B) 1-01 x 0-67 inch ; (C) 1-02 x 0-68 inch. 



This species breeds from August till December. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Eichmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. 

 {Ramsay.) 



^ SERICORNIS HUMILIS, Gould. 



Sombre-coloured. Sericornis. 

 Gould, Handbh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 214, p. 356. 



This bird is found in Tasmania and the islands of Bass's Straits. 

 The nest is a large dome-shaped structure of roots, grasses, leaves, 

 &c., warmly lined inside with feathers, and usually placed near 

 the ground in a dense mass of vegetation. Eggs three in number 

 for a sitting of a rich fleshy-white, becoming darker towards the 

 arger end, where they are finely freckled with purplish- and 



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