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feathers and similar soft substances. Eggs three to four in 

 number for a sitting, white, spotted and freckled with red and 

 reddish-brown markings; Length (A) 0-7 x 52 inch ; (B) 0-67 

 X 0"51 inch ; (C) 0'68 x 0'53 inch. Taken near Hobart, September 

 1885. 



This bird commences to breed in August and continues the 

 four following months. 



Hab. Tasmania. (^Bamsay.) 



3. ACANTHIZA TJEOPYGIALIS, Gould. 



Chestmit-rimipecl Acanthiza. 

 Gould, SandbJc. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 222, p. 367. 



For the eggs of this species I am indebted to Mr. K. H. 

 Bennett, who procured them at Mossgiel on the 15 th of October 

 1886. The nest, he informs me was similar to that of Acanthiza 

 pyrrhopygia, and was packed between the upright stems of a thickly 

 foliaged tree about five feet from the ground. Eggs three in 

 number for a sitting, of a delicate fleshy-white minutely freckled 

 all over with light reddish-brown markings, but particularly towards 

 the larger end where they form an ill defined zone. Length (A) 

 0-65 x 0-5 inch; (B) 0-65 x 0-48 inch; (C) 0-66 x 0-48 inch. 

 (North, P.L.S., KS.W., Vol. ii., 2nd Series, p. 407.) 



Sab. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia. 

 (Bamsay.) 



1-^. ACANTHIZA APICALIS, Gould. 



Western Acanthiza. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 223, p. 368. 



" This species which is a native of Western Australia is to be 

 met with in all wooded situations. It breeds in September and 

 October. The nest which is usually placed in a thick foliaged 

 bush or in a clump of the Ti-tree is of a domed form with an 



