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yellowish colour ; the larger markings are as usual on the thicker 

 end, but a few appear with the small dots on the thin end. In 

 this, the usual form, the irregular short wavy lines previously 

 mentioned, seldom appear except where the larger spots or blotches 

 are confluent ; as if beneath the surface of the shell are a few 

 irregularly shaped faint markings of slaty-grey or pale lilac. The 

 following are the measurements of two normal sets : — 1, length 

 (A) 1-75 xM5 inch; (B) 1-7 x 1 -16 inch. 2, (C) 1-82 x 1-18 inch; 

 (D) 1-76 X ] '15 inch. Both of the above sets were taken from 

 open nests composed of sticks and twigs, and lined with grass ; by 

 Mr. Ralph Hargrave, at Wattamolla, New South Wales." 

 (Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., 2nd Series, Vol. i., p. 1059.) 



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

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

 Victoria and South Australia, {fiamsay.') 



Genus AILUEGEDUS, Cahanis. 



•5 AILURCEDUS VIRIDIS, Latham. 



(A. crassirostris, Payku].) 

 Cat Bird. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. AusL, Vol. i., sp. 277, p. 446. 



" The nest of this species is not unlike that of Oreocincla 

 lunulata, it is rounded, open above, and placed between upright 

 forks of trees in dense scrubs and thickly wooded parts of the 

 country ; it is composed of rootlets, moss, and shreds of fern bark 

 &c., and ornamented with green mosses, chiefly a species of 

 Hypnum found in the dense and damp scrubs ; the lining is 

 chiefly composed of fine rootlets. Height two inches ; diameter 

 six inches ; depth inside, one inch and a-half ; diameter inside, 

 three inches and a-quarter. The eggs are three in number, 

 comparatively small for the 'size of the bird, being in length 1 -2 

 inch by 0-85 inch in breadth ; the ground colour is of a delicate 



