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bark and lined with fur and hair, it is about 1-6 inches high and 

 three inches in diameter. The eggs taken in the Lachlan district 

 were two in number, of a beautiful pale greenish-blue, with rich 

 reddish dots, which cluster and form irregular patches towards the 

 thicker end, but do not form a zone. Another specimen (2) has 

 only a few faint reddish spots and a black dot here and there, 

 very sparingly sprinkled over the surface, length (1 ) 0"82 x 0"6 

 inch ; (2) 0-82 x 0-&2 inch. From Mr. K. H. BenneU'sCoU." 

 (Eamsay, P.L.S., N.S. W., Yol. vii., p. 414.) 



Sab. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia, West and South-west Australia. {Uamsay.) 



Genus ENTOMOPHILA, Gould. 



■5 ENTOMOPHILA ALBIGTJLARIS, Gould. 



White-throated Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 327, p. 532. 



Gilbert remarks on the nidiflcation of this species as follows : — 

 " Its small pensile nest is suspended from the extremity of a weak 

 projecting branch in such a manner that it hangs over the water, 

 the bird always selecting a branch bearing a sufficient number of 

 leaves to protect the entrance from the rays of the sun ; in form 

 the nest is deep and cup-like, and is composed of narrow strips of 

 the soft paper-Uke bark of the Melaleuca, matted together with 

 small vegetable fibres, and slightly lined with soft grass. I found 

 a nest in the latter part of November, and another in the early 

 part of December which contained three eggs in each, while a third 

 procured towards the end of January had only two ; the eggs are 

 rather lengthened in form and not very unlike those of Malurus 

 cyaneus in the colour and disposition of their markings ; their 

 ground colour being white, thinly freckled all over with bright 

 chestnut-red particularly at the larger end ; they are nine lines 

 long and six broad." (Gould, Hamdhk, Bds. Aust,, Vol. i,, p. 532.) 



