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twenty inches in length ; there was nothing in the way of a nest, 

 only the bare ground and a few small iish bones and scales, it 

 contained two eggs perfectly fresh. This is late in the season." 



The above eggs are nearly round in form, pearly-white, the tex- 

 ture of the shell fine, and the surface glossy. Length (A) 0'92 x 

 0-77 inch ; (B) 0-93 x 0-8 inch. 



Dr. L. Holden of Circular Head, has also forwarded a descrip- 

 tion as follows : — " Once only have I found the nest of Alcyone 

 diemenensis, and that on the 29th of October, 1889, near the 

 mouth of Detention River, on the North-west coast of Tasmania ; 

 the nidification in all respects is like that of the English Kingfisher 

 a hole in a bank over a river and a scanty collection of tiny fish 

 bones at the end of it. The hole would not admit my hand with- 

 out enlargement and sloped a little upwards, the nest chamber 

 was the length of my forearm from the orifice, and might hold 

 two small fists. The nest contained six hard set nearly round, 

 glossy- white eggs." 



Hah. Tasmania. 



PARDALOTUS ORNATUS, Temminch. 

 (P. striatus, Vigors & Horsfield.) 

 Striated Pardalote. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 84, p. 161. 



This bird was found breeding freely both by Mr. James Ramsay, 

 and Mr. Edward Lord Ramsay, onWattagoona Station near Louth, 

 a variety of situations being chosen as a site for its nest, about 

 the buildings they often took possession of the deserted nest of 

 Lagenoplastes ariel, and on one occasion constructed their dome- 

 shaped nest between the ceiling and roof of the house ; another 

 pair worked very assiduously for some time at the mortar in a 

 crevice of the stonework, but finally had to abandon it, in fact any 

 situation is utilized by this bird where it is possible to construct 

 its nest under cover. In the paddocks Mr. E. L. Ramsay, obtained 



