170 TUKDID^. 



strips of bark and the partially decayed fibre of reeds, lined inside 

 ■with dried grasses, and has two feathers worked into the bottom ; 

 external diameter three inches, depth three inches and three- 

 quarters, internal diameter two inches, depth two inches. This 

 nest was placed as usual, about two or three feet from the 

 surface of the water. Occasionally a frog is found in snug 

 possession of one of these nests. Eggs three or four in number 

 for a sitting, but usually four ; they vary considerably in the tints 

 and disposition of their markings. 



A set taken by Dr. Ramsay at Macquarie Fields in October 1860, 

 are of a yellowish-brown ground colour, spotted and blotched all 

 over with markings of umber, blackish-brown, and nearly obscure 

 patches of light olive-brown. Length (A) 0-84 x 0-59 inch ; (B) 

 0-78 X 0-58 inch ; (C) 0-79 x 0-6 inch. 



A set taken on the Lower Yarra, in November 1878, are of a 

 pale bluish-white ground colour, heavily blotched with purplish- 

 black, olive-brown and bluish-grey, the latter colour appearing as 

 if beneath the surface of the shell. Length (A) 0-81 x 0-58 inch; 

 (B) 0-79 X 0-55 inch : (0) 0-79 x 0-59 inch ; (D) 0-8 x 0-61 inch. 



The breeding season commences in October and lasts during 

 the three following months. 



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

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Samsay.) 



h ACROGEPHALUS LONGIROSTRIS, Oould. 



Long-billed Eeed "Warbler. 



Gould, Hcmdbk. Bds. Aust , Vol. i., sp. 247, p. 403. 



According to Mr. Gould the nest of this species " is placed on 

 four or five upright reeds growing in the water, at about two feet 

 from the surface. It is of a deep cup-shaped from, and is composed 

 of the soft skins of reeds and dried rushes. The breeding-season 



