138 TIMELIINffi. 



shrubs, but always placed among the outside twigs. We have 

 taken nests from a species of Acacia overhanging the creeks and 

 rivers. Sometimes they are wholly composed of fine strips of 

 stringy-bark, which whennew give them a reddish-brown appearance. 

 At other times they are composed of dry grass, a great quantity 

 of white cobweb being used in all cases. The total length of the 

 nest of A. nana is three inches by two inches and a-half in breadth, 

 being somewhat narrower at the bottom. The eggs are three in 

 number, from 0"6 to 0"7 inch in length, and 04 inch in breadth, 

 strongly blotched, dotted, or freckled with dark dull reddish-brown 

 inclining to chocolate in some, to red in others, and having a few 

 dots of dull lilac towards the larger end. In some specimens the 

 markings form a zone on the thick end, in others they are equally 

 dispersed over the whole surface and take the form of irregular 

 blotches. The birds may be found breeding in September and 

 the three following months, and are frequently the foster parents 

 of C. plagosus and C. hasalis." (Ramsay, P.Z.S., 18^6, p. 573.) 



A set in the Australian Museum Collection give the following 

 dimensions. Length (A) 0-63 x 0-46 inch ; (B) 0-67 x 047 inch j 

 (C) 0-63 X 045 inch. 



Hah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 

 {Bamisay.) 



'i ACANTHIZA LINEATA, Gould. 



Lineated Acanthlza. 



GouU, Handhh. Bds. Just., Vol. i., sp. 227, p. 372. 



"The nest of the Lineated Acanthiza is one of the most beautiful 

 of those of our Australian birds. It is a neat, oval, compact, and 

 remarkably strong structure, in length four inches and a-half to 

 five inches by three inches through, composed of fine shreds of 

 stringy bark closely interwoven, and frequently ornamented with 



