STICTOPTEEA. 



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family it constructs a flask-shaped nest of dried grasses, which is 

 usually placed in a low bush or long grass. Eggs five in number 

 for a sitting, pure white. Specimens taken by Mr. Geo. Barnard 

 of Coomooboolaroo, Queensland, measures as follows : — length 

 (A) 0-6 X 0-41 inch ; (B) 0-63 x 0-4 inch ; (C) 0-63 x 0-41 inch. 



Sah. Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 

 Dawson River, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia. [Ramsay.) 



^'- STICTOPTERA ANNULOSA, Gould. 



Einged Finch. 



Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 252, p. 410. 



" This pretty little Finch is found frequenting the northern and 

 north-western portions of the Australian Continent, where it takes 

 the place of its near ally S. bichenovii, of the eastern coast. Both 

 Mr. E. J. Cairn and the late Mr. T. H. Boyer-Bower obtained a 

 number of specimens of this bird in 1886, at Derby, North-western 

 Australia. Por the opportunity of describing the eggs I am 

 indebted to the Hon. William Macleay, who has lately received 

 them from one of his collectors ; they were taken near the 

 head of the Leonard River, North-western Australia, on the 

 2nd of October, 1887. The nest was a flask-shaped structure 

 of dried grasses, similar to those of other members of the family, 

 and was built in a low bush. In this instance the nest contained 

 three fresh eggs, but five is the usual complement ; in colour they 

 are white, of a uniform size, each of them giving exactly the same 

 measurement, viz. : — 0-55 inch in length by 0'44 inch in width. 

 These are among the smallest of our Australian birds' eggs." From, 

 the Macleayan Museum Collection. (North, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S. 

 W., Vol. iii.. Second Series, p, 146.) 



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

 (Bamsay.) 



