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covered, especially towards the larger end with clouded markings 

 of umber-brown, in some instances they are more clearly defined 

 and boldly blotched, and have markings of deep bluisli-grey 

 appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell. A set taken on 

 the 18th September measures as follows : — Length (A) 1-05 x 

 0-75 inch ; (B) 1-07 x 0-77 inch.* 



Hah. Rockingham Bay. {Ramsay.) 



ACANTHORNIS MAGNA, Gould. 

 Gould, liandhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 228, p. 373. 



Mr. E. D. Atkinson has sent the following notes relative to 

 the nidification of A. magna, together with the eggs : — "A nest 

 of this species found by Mr. G. H. Hinsby on the 29th of October 

 1886, at Kangaroo Valley about five miles from Hobart, was 

 nearly round in form with an entrance in the side, and similar to 

 that of Sericornis humilis; it was outwardly composed of strips of 

 bark, dried grasses, and leaves, being neatly lined inside with 

 feathers, and hair, and was placed in a low " Native Currant" bush 

 (Coprosma microphylla. )" 



Eggs three in number for a sitting ; an egg taken from the above 

 nest is rather swollen in form, being thickest in the centre and 

 tapering gradually towards each end, which are nearly equal in 

 size ; it is white with fine freckles of dull red particularly towards 

 one end where they form an irregularly shaped zone. Length 

 0-71 X 0-56 inch in width. Another egg taken by Mr. Hinsby's 

 brother is ovoid in form, white with light red and reddish-brown 

 markings which are mostly confined towards the larger end of the 

 egg. Length 0-76 x 0-54 inch. In the position and construction 

 of its nest this bird approaches that of the genus Sericornis, but 

 the egg is like that of the typical Acanthizce. 



Hah. Tasmania. 



* North, Eecords Aust. Mus., Vol. i., pt. i., p. 37. 



