156 TIMELIINiE. 



Mr. Gould (Handbk., I., p. 479). The eggs three to five in 

 number, are of a yellowish-brown tint, some with the ground 

 colour of a somewhat saturnine hue almost obscured by hair lines 

 and veins of blackish-sienna or of a blackish-chocolate colour ; they 

 vary considerably in tint, some have fleecy cloud-like markings 

 and but few hair lines, some are pointed in form, others bblong 

 with both ends almost equal. Length 1-05 x 0-75 inch, oblong; 

 1-07 X 0-74 inch, pointed ; 1-02 x 0-7 inch, rounded. They breed 

 during September and the three following months. Mr. Barna/rd^a 

 Collection." (Bamsay, P.L.S., N.S. W., Vol. vii., p. 46.) 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson River. (Ramsay. J 



POMATOSTOMUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Vigors cmd Horsfield. 



■WMte-eyebrowed Pomatostomus. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 294, p. 482. 



" The nest is similar to that of P. temporalis but smaller, and 

 has the entrance more completely covered by a thatch of twigs. 

 The eggs are three to five in number, their usual length is ten and 

 a-half or eleven lines by seven and a-half to eight lines in breadth, 

 some are rounded in form others more elongated. The ground 

 colour is of a brownish-grey tinged with olive, clouded with purplish 

 brown and greyish-olive and sparingly veined with dark bistre. 

 some specimens are of a uniform dull greyish-olive-brown, clouded 

 with a deeper hue and without veins, and have a clouded band 

 round the centre. Like the foregoing species, this is frequently 

 found upon the ground hopping about with the greatest agility 

 under the trees, especially during the early part of the day ; when 

 flushed they fly ofi" to t^ie nearest tree and commence to ascend it 

 by a series of hops and jumps until they reach the end of the 

 boughs from which they fly off in a string. They are very 

 sprightly and quick in their movements, and have the peculiarity 

 of drawing their heads in and puffing out their feathers as they 



