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NEOCHMIA PHAETON, Hombron <& Jacquinot. 

 Crimson Finch.. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 256, p. 415. 



Mr. Boyd has kindly forwarded a set of the eggs of N. phaeton 

 for description, together with the following note ; — 



" After several attempts resulting either in young birds or empty 

 nests I obtained last Monday, December 9th, a nest of N. phaetmi, 

 containing eight eggs, all more or less incubated, seven of which 

 I emptied successfully. These Finches seem to build exclusively 

 among the leaves of the Pandanus trees this season ; the nest is 

 of a dome-shaped form and is composed of dry blades of grasses 

 lined with downy tops of grass seeds and a few feathers." 



The eggs are white, varying in form from ovals to lengthened 

 ovals, slightly pointed at one end. Length (A) 0-65 x 0-45 inch ; 

 (B) 0-65 X 0-45 inch ; (C) 0-65 x 0-46 inch ; (D) 0-7 x 0'43 inch; 

 (E) 0-68 x 0-45 inch ; (F) 0-65 x 047 inch ; (U) 0-64 x 0-45 inch. 



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

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 

 South Coast New Guinea. {Ramsay.) 



GLYCIPHILA FASCIATA, GouU. 

 Fasciated Honey-eater. 

 Gould, Handhh., Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 303, p. 499. :22Z:. ^. 

 From Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, Dawson River, 

 Queensland, I have received the following note relative to the 

 nidification of this species, together with the eggs : — " The nest of 

 G. fasciata, is a large dome-shaped structure, with a hole in the 

 side, and is composed entirely of the papery-like bark of the 

 Melaleuca, coarse strips outside and finer inside, and is fastened 

 to the thin twigs of the same species of tree overhanging and 

 within three or four feet of the water, always as far as we have 

 found over a waterhole. The breeding, season commences late in 

 the month of November." 



