812 TAN^ALIDiB. 



of well authenticated sets from Mr. K. H. Bennett and Mr. George 

 Masters, Dr. Ramsay corrected his mistake in describing them 

 as the eggs of the latter bird. (See P.L.S., N.S.W., Vol. i., New 

 Series, 1886, p. 1060.) 



A single egg of this species in the Australian Museum Collection 

 is of a light stone colour, the entire surface of which is nearly 

 obscured by very irregular shaped black patches and lines- 

 Length 1'38 x l-Oi inch. Taken by Mr. F. Morrow near Orange, 

 on the 27th of November 1878. 



The handsome set of eggs taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett near 

 the margin of a swamp at Ivanhoe in October, from a slight 

 depression in the ground, neatly lined with broad Eucalyptus 

 leaves, are four in number, rather elongated in form, of a creamy- 

 white ground colour, the blotches and lines being smaller and 

 closer together than in the former specimen, in some places 

 forming confluent brownish-black patches ; where the ground 

 colour is visible appear a few superimposed spots of a lighter colour, 

 appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell. Len^h (A) 1'4 x 

 linch; (B) 1-47 x 0-99 inch; (C) 1-4x1 inch; (D) 1-35 x 1 inch. 



Another set of four measures as follows : — length (A) 1-31 x 1- 

 inch; (B) 1-39 x 0-98 inch; (0)1-37 x 1 inch; (D) 1-38 x 0-98 inch. 



Three eggs in the Macleayan Museum Collection give the 

 following dimensions : — length (A) 1-42 x 1 inch; (B) 1-4 x 1-02 

 inch; (0) 1-37 x 1 inch. 



Hah. Rockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, Richmond and 

 Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 

 and South Australia, West and South- West Australia. (Ramsay ) 



Family TANTALID-ffil. 



Genus GEKONTICUS. 



GERONTICCJS SPINIC0LLI8, Jameson. 

 Straw-necked Ibis. 

 OotM, Randhk. Bds. Aust , Vol. ii., sp., 538, p. 282. 



The late Mr. W. Liscombe of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, found 

 this bird breeding in great numbers during wet seasons in the 



