ocYPHAPs. 277 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Interior, 

 South Australia. {Bamsay.') 



Genus OOYPHAPS, GowZd. 



^,,,<^ OCYPHAPS LOPHOTES, Temminch. 



Crested Bronze-wing. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 469, p. 139. 'Sl^ ^'^• 



According to Mr. K. H. Bennett the principal habitat of this 

 species is on the borders of rivers and watercourses, particularly 

 where thickets of Polygonum abound, the scrubby bushes of which 

 are frequently chosen as sites for its nests. Like Phaps chalcoptera 

 it does not appear to have any fixed breeding time, for it is not 

 uncommon to find nests containing eggs or young in almost every 

 month of the year. The nest is a very frail structure of a few 

 thin sticks loosely put together and placed amongst the thick 

 twigs of some low tree or bush. Eggs two in number for a sitting 

 varying in form from long to short pointed ovals. A set taken 

 by Mr. Bennett during November, measure as follows: — length 

 (A) 1-2 X 0-87 inch; (B) 1-25 x 0-88 inch. 



Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson River, New South Wales, Interior, 

 Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Genus EEYTHEAUCH^NA, Bonaparte. 



I ERYTHRAUCH^NA HUMERALIS, Temminck. 



Barred-shouldered Dove. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 471, p. 142. 



This bird ranges over the whole of Queensland, North-western 

 Australia, and the greater portion of New South Wales. It 



