210 MELIPHAGIDffi. 



Two eggs of this species in the Australian Museum Collection, 

 are fleshy-white, minutely but thickly and uniformly freckled all 

 over with reddish-brown markings, intermingled with others of a 

 pale lilac. Length (A) 0-95 x 0-65 inch ; (B) 0-95 x 0-65 inch ; 

 (C) 0-96 X 0-65 inch. 



There is usually very little variation in the form or distribution 

 of the markings on the eggs of this species, but in one exception 

 a set taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett at Mossgiel in November, is 

 much more rounded in form, and has large bran-Hke markings 

 of faint chestnut and yellowish-brown intermingled with freckles 

 and spots of pale lilac, the markings being mostly confined to the 

 larger end. Length (A) 0-85 x 0-65 inch ; (B) 0-86 x 0-67 inch ; 

 (C) 0-82 X 0-67 inch. 



The months of September, October, and November constitute 

 the breeding season of this species. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 

 New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia. 

 (Samsay.) 



Genus MELIPHAGA, Lewin. 



3-3 MELIPHAGA PHRYGIA, Latham. 



Warty-faced. Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Hcmdbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 324, p. 527. 32Z: 8. 



" The nest of this species is a neat cup-shaped structure composed 

 of stringy-bark, and lined with finer shreds of the same material. 

 It is two inches and a-half across inside, by one inch and a-half 

 deep, and placed between the upright forks of some tall sapling, 

 or upon a horizontal bough. They breed from October to 

 December, or perhaps earlier in some localities, and lay two or 

 three eggs, ten to eleven lines and a-half long, by eight lines and 

 a-half to nine lines in breadth. These, when freshly taken, are 

 certainly among the most beautiful I have ever met with ; but 



