272 ooLUMBmffl. 



very frail structure of twigs placed in a low tree. The nest 

 contained two eggs, one of which he sent me for description, is in 

 form a nearly perfect oval, creamy-white, the texture of the shell 

 being fine and smooth to the touch. Long axis 1-05 inch, short 

 axis 0'8 inch. 



Sab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 Cape York, Rockingham Bay,^ Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

 South Wales. {Rammy.) 



Genus LEUCOSARCIA, QouU. 



? LEUCOSARCIA PICATA, Latham. 



Wonga-wonga. 

 Oould, Handhk. Bdg. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 461, p. 120. 



This bird is found in the thickly wooded country that skirts 

 the eastern and south-eastern portions of the continent of 

 Australia, likewise on the mountain ranges farther inland ; it is 

 particularly plentiful in the neighbourhood of Eden, New South 

 Wales, and many birds are trapped and sent up to Sydney every 

 season, and during the winter months they may be seen alive in the 

 markets, or killed and exposed for sale in the poulterers shops. 

 The nest is rather a frail structure of sticks and twigs placed 

 crosswise on the horizontal branch of a tree about ten feet from 

 the ground. Eggs two in number for a sitting, pure white. Two 

 specimens in the Australian Museum Collection, measure as 

 follows :— length (A) 1-5 x M inch; (B) 1-48 x 1-1 inch. 



Two eggs in Dr. James C. Cox's Collection, taken at Mulgoa, 

 on the 12th of January 1875, measure as follows : — length (A) 

 1-41 X 1-05 inch; (B) 1-43 x 1 -15 inch. 



Two in the Dobroyde Collection, taken at Toowoomba, 

 Queensland, in October 1873, give the following measurements: — 

 length (A) 1-45 x 1-08 inch ; (B) 1-48 x 1-09 inch. 



