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Genus OETHONYX, 



ORTHONYX SPINIOAUDUS, Temminck. 

 (0. temminchii, Vig. & Horsf.) 

 Spine-tailed Orthonyx. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 372, p. 607. 



" Mr. Gould in his Handbook has already described the nest of 

 this species. Nests obtained by my collectors in the Richmond 

 River Scrubs in 1865-66 were all placed on the ground at the base 

 or between the " buttresses " of trees, and composed of mosses and 

 d^ris of leaves, <fec. Eggs white, large comparatively, 1"13 x 0'85 

 inch." (Ramsay, P.L.S., F.S.W., Vol. i., New Series, p. 1148.) 



Nests which I have examined are dome-shaped, having an 

 entrance at the side, cornposed of fallen leaves and mosses 

 (Hypnum), they are usually placed on or near the ground. Eggs 

 of this species have been taken in June, also in the month of 

 December. 



Specimens in the Australian Museum Collection give the 

 following dimensions: — length (A) 1-13 x 0'84 inch; (B) 1'16 

 X 0-86 inch. 



Tlab. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 

 {^Ramsay.') 



Genus OINCLOSOMA, Vigors and Horsfield. 



' - "* OINCLOSOMA PUNCTATUM, Latham. 



Spotted Ground Thrush. 

 Gould, Eimdbk. Bds. Aust., Yol.i.,sp. 271, Tp. i33. JZC. yiO, 



This species is found in scrubby, and lightly timbered country 

 with a slight undergrowth. The nest is a round, open, and rather 

 loosely built structure composed of fine strips of bark, grasses 

 and leaves, placed under the shelter of a biieh, or clump of ferns 



