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inch and a-half, depth one inch and a-quarter. Eggs two in 

 number for a sitting, white, minutely freckled with reddish-brown 

 and greyish-lilac, the latter colour appearing as if beneath the 

 surface of the shell ; in some instances these markings form a zone, 

 in others they are confined to a few nearly invisible spots on the 

 larger apex. An average set measures as follows ; — length (A) 

 0-67 X 0-52 inch ; (B) 0-67 x 0-48 inch. 



Hab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Rockingham Bay, 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 

 Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, West and South- 

 West Australia. (JRamsay.) 



Genus PTILOTIS, Siwamsow. 



^ PTILOTIS LEWINII, Swainson. 



Le^win's Honey-eater. 

 Qould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 306, p. 503. j22Z:. /. 

 " The nest of this species is like that of P. chrysojjs, cup-shaped, 

 open at the top, and slung by the sides of the rim between the 

 twigs of some leafy bough or vine ; it is composed of shreds of 

 bark and grasses, webs of spiders, &c., and lined with similar 

 material of a iiner texture, or occasionally, when found in the 

 neighbourhood of dwellings, with feathers, wool, or other soft 

 substances. The eggs are two in number, pearly white with 

 deep reddish dots." (Ramsay, P.Z.S., 1875, p. 595.) 



Two eggs taken by Dr. Ramsay on the 29th of December 1871, 

 on the Mary River, Queensland, are nearly oval in form, white, 

 with circular spots and dots of reddish-black confined to the larger 

 end. Length (A) 1- x 0-7 inch; (B) 0-99 x 0'68 inch. In 

 specimens taken at Port Macquarie, the markings assume the 

 form of a zone. 



They breed during the months of October, November, and 

 December. 



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

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River Districts, New South 

 Wales, Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



