152 TIMELUNai. 



Pteris aquilina, generally .in close proximity to a fallen log. Eggs 

 two or three in number for a sitting, usually the former, varying 

 considerably' in their size and markings. A set of two taken at 

 Hastings, Victoria, in September 1883, are of a dull white, freckled 

 and blotched with wood-brown and umber-brown markings, while 

 appearing underneath the surface of the shell are large clouded 

 blotches and spots of dark lilac, which are more numerous than 

 the markings, on the outer surface. Length (A) TSl x 0'92 inchj 

 (B) 0-27 X 0-9 inch. 



A set of three taken by Mr. James Ramsay at Merule Creek, 

 are of a dull white thickly freckled with wood-brown markings 

 intermingled with others of bluish-grey, appearing underneath the 

 surface of shell, more particularly towards the larger end ; one 

 specimen (A) is elongated in form and is almost devoid of markings 

 with the exception of a few very minute spots of umber brown 

 scattered over the surface of the shell. Length (A) 1-27 x 0'82 

 inch ; (B) 1-2 x 0-87 inch ; (C) 1-2 x 0-85 inch. 



Young specimens of this bird were obtained at Heathcote, 

 on the Illawarra Line on October 30th 1886. This species 

 commences to breed early in August and continues through the 

 three following months. 



Hhb. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia. (Eamsay.) 



Genus CINCLOEAMPHUS, Gould. 



' CINCLORAMPHUS CRURALIS, Vigors mid Horsfield. 



Brown Oincloramplitis. 

 Megalurus cruralis, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., Vol. xv., p. 228. 

 Cineloramphus cruralis, Gould, P.Z.S., v., p. 150, idBds. of Aust. 



Handbk., sp. 241. 

 Cincloranvphus cantillans, Gould, Bds, of Aus., folio Vol. iii., pi. 75. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausi., Vol i. sp. 241, p. 395. 



