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is slightly larger, but in other respects similar to that of the 

 Australian species, A. carunculata, Latham. Eggs two or three 

 in number for a sitting. A set taken near Hobart in September 

 1885, are of a very pale salmon, or reddish-buff ground colour, 

 one specimen (A) being spotted all over with rich reddish-brown 

 markings, while appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell 

 are others of a deep bluish-grey, particularly towards the larger 

 end ; specimen B, has a few irregularly shaped markings of yellowish- 

 red and light chestnut-brown, sparingly distributed over the 

 surface of the shell, together with numerous sub-surface spots and 

 blotches of deep bluish-grey. Length (A) 1"37 x 0'94 inch ; (B) 

 1-35 X 0-93 inch. 



ffab. Tasmania. 



1 ACANTHOOH^RA CARUNCULATA, LatJuim. 



"Wattled Honey-eater. 



Gould, HamUhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 331, p. 538. 'X2C S^ 



The Wattled Honey-eater is widely dispersed over all the 

 eastern and southern portions of the continent of Austraha. The 

 nest is an open one, rather roughly but compactly formed 

 outwardly of twigs, and lined inside with dried grasses ; it is 

 placed on the horizontal branch of a tree, often in a low gum 

 sapling, but not unfrequently in a Eucalyptus thirty or forty feet 

 from the ground. The eggs are usually three in number for a 

 sitting. A set in the Australian Museum Collection, are elongated 

 in form, of a light saturnine-red, becoming slightly darker in tint 

 towards the larger end, where they are spotted and blotched with 

 irregular shaped markings of chestnut and yellowish-brown, 

 intermingled with sub-surface spots of deep bluish-grey. Length 

 (A) 1-27 X 0-84 inch ; (B) 1-3 x 0-83 inch. 



A set taken in the Albert Park, near Melbourne, in October 1878, 

 are of a rich flesh colour, thickly spotted all over with roundish 

 markings of dark chestnut-brown, a few spots of deep violet 



