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but larger and closer on the thicker end. Length (A) 1-02 x 075 

 inch ; (B) 1-02 x 076 inch ; (C) 1-02 x 075 inch; (D) 1 inch x 

 075 inch." {Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., Vol. vii., p. 52.) 



Hab. Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson River, New South Wales, 

 Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (JRamsay.) 



Genus MANOKHINA, Vieillot. 



?-3 MANORHINA MELANOPHRYS, iai/iam. 



Bell Bird. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 357, p. 579. 



This species is confined to the eastern and south-eastern portions 

 of the continent of Australia, and is very local in its habits. I 

 have frequently observed it in a belt of scrub on swampy ground, 

 about a quarter of a mile in diameter in South Gippsland where 

 it used to breed, but during my many visits to the locality, 

 extending over a period of nine years, I have never seen it elsewhere 

 in that district, either in the ranges or any where in the vicinity. 

 The nest is a frail structure, suspended by the rim to the thin twigs 

 of a low bush or tree, it is an open cup-shaped structure, composed 

 of roots, grasses, and lichens loosely matted together. Eggs two 

 or three in number for a sitting. A set in the Australian Museum 

 Collection are of a light saturnine-red ground colour, with a few 

 bold blotches and spots of reddish-chestnut and purplish-brown, 

 but more particularly towards the larger end, where a few sub- 

 surface markings of purplish-grey also appear. Length (A) 0-88 

 X 0-67 inch ; (B) 0-87 x 0-64 inch. 



A set in my collection, taken at South Gippsland in August 

 1881, are similar in tint and markings. Length (A) 0-87 x 0*67 

 inch ; (B) 0-86 x 0-66 inch. 



This bird breeds during the months of August, September, and 

 October. 



Sab. New SouthWales,Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



