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is thinly dispersed over the country to the north, but is replaced 

 in the Gulf districts by its near ally P. atropygialis. It nests in 

 the long grass and Pandanus bushes, and lays five eggs of a bluish- 

 white, elongated in form. Length (A)0-7x0-48 inch; (B)0-72xO-5 

 inch. We have a present among others, both P. cincta and P. 

 longicauda breeding in our aviaries.'' (Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. W,, 

 Vol. i., 2nd Series, p. 1147.) 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson Eiver. (Bamsay.) 



f- POEPHILA AOUTICATJDA, Gould. 



Long-tailed Grass-Finch. 

 Gould, ffandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 261, p. 422. 



" Of this handsome bird, the late Mr. Boyer-Bower procured a 

 fine series while collecting in North Western Australia. It breeds 

 like its ally P. cincta of the eastern coast, in the long grass and 

 low bushes, building a flask-shaped nest of grasses, and laying 

 usually five eggs for a sitting. Eggs white, somewhat lengthened 

 in form, they measure as follows : — length (A) 0'68 x 0-48 inch ; 

 (B) 0-65 X 0-4 inch ; (0) 0-69 x 046 inch ; (D) 0-71 x 0-48 inch ; 

 (E) 0-65 X 0-43 inch. 



September and the three following months constitute the 

 breeding season of this species." (North, P.L.S., N.S. W., Vol. ii., 

 2nd Series, p. 408.) 



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

 {BamisoAj.) 



^"-l- POEPHILA ATROPYGIALIS, Biggies. 



Black-rumped G-rass-Fincli. 



" This fine species is distributed over the country between the 



Crulf of Carpentaria and Georgetown and its neighbourhood, where 



it is said to be common along with Donacicola pectoralis, Poephild 



leucotis&ndP.personata. Its nest is an oval structure of interwoven 



