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rootlets and di^bris, and warmly lined with feathers. It is usually 

 placed near the ground at the bottom of a scrubby bush, or under 

 the shelter of a tuft of grass. Eggs three in number for a sitting. 

 A set taken by Dr. Ramsay on Ash Island in 1861, are of a faint 

 purplish ground colour, with a well defined zone of dark purplish- 

 brown on the larger end. Length (A) 078 x 0-62 inch ; (B) 0:8 

 X 0-6 inch ; (C) 0-76 x 0-6 inch. 



Another set taken at Macquarie Fields in 1869, are much 

 lighter in tint, and have the markings more evenly distributed 

 over the surface of the shell ; length (A) 0-8 x 0-6 inch ; (B) 0-78 

 X 0-6 inch. 



Ilah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia. fBamsay.) 



2^^^ SERICORNIS MAGNIROSTRIS, Gould. 



Large-billed Sericornis. 

 Qould, Handlh. Bds. Ausf., Vol. i., sp. 219, p. 362. 



This species is common in the Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 districts. The nest is similar to that of S. citreogularis and placed 

 in like situations, often being slung in the " Lawyer vines " 

 Calamus australis, which on account of their lonf tendrils with 

 saw-like edges affords them ample protection. The eggs are three 

 in number, very thin slielled, the ground colour being of a faint 

 purplish-white, minutely flecked and marked with dark brown, 

 in some instances all over, in others confined to the larger end 

 where they form a well defined zone. A set of three taken by 

 Dr. Ramsay on the 14th November 1858, measure as follows :— 

 length (A) 0-77 x 0-58 inch; (B) 0-77 x 0-57 inch; (C) 0-77 x 

 0-58 inch. 



The breeding season commences in August and lasts during the 

 four following months. 



