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in others greenish, thickly speckled with reddish brown over the entire surface of the shell. 
Occasionally eggs are found with only a few minute markings upon the larger end. Dimensions of 
eggs taken at Cheltenham, in July 1878, were 1:4-1:42 х 0:91 inch. Others obtained at Dobroyde, 
in July 1860, measure as follows :—1:38-1:4 x 0:87-0:89 inch." 
Mr. A. J. Campbell, another well-known authority on Australian oology, describes the ground- 
colour of the eggs of G. lunulata as light delicate green, washed and blotched, especially at the 
larger end, with pinkish red or brown. Не gives the size as 1:28 x 0:83 inch. | 
Mr. Campbell further remarks that this bird is one of the earliest breeders, and that he has 
taken eggs in the coast ti-tree scrub in July. Не describes the nests as situated in forks or limbs of 
low trees, and as made of green moss, dried leaves, grass, &c. matted together with dirt and sand, 
and securely lined with a thick ply of grass. Тһе cup of the nest is 6 or 7 inches in diameter by 
3 inches deep, and he says the bird sometimes rebuilds its old nests year after year, continually 
adding fresh material until the foundations become of immense size. 
G. lunulata is a very distinct species, remarkable for its long tail, for the absence of pale bars 
across the feathers of the crown, and for the difference in colour between the crown and the rest of 
the upper parts. Тһе four central tail-feathers are always paler and greener than the three feathers 
on each side of them, but in very faded examples the difference is occasionally less evident. Тһе 
white at the end of the outermost rectrices seldom exceeds a quarter of an inch. "The Geocichline 
markings on the inner webs of the quills are buff, or white tinged with buff. 
Тһе dimensions are as follows :—Length of wing 5:5 to 5:1 inches, tail 4-6 to 4:1 inches, culmen 
1:25 to 1-2 inch, tarsus 1:3 to 1-25 inch. Outer tail-feathers about 0:2 inch shorter than the longest. 
First primary generally shorter than the primary-coverts. Second primary sometimes slightly shorter, 
sometimes slightly longer, than the sixth. 
G. lunulata and б. cuneata are the only species of the sub-genus Oreocincla in which the 
ground-colour of the crown and nape is russet-brown, whilst that of the rest of the upper parts is 
olive-brown. 
G. lunulata differs from all its allies, except б. cuneata and С. heinii, in having the pale 
sub-terminal bars across the feathers of the crown so obscure as to be practically obsolete. 
It also differs from all its allies, excepting 6. macrorhyncha and G. cuneata, in having the tail 
more than four-fifths of the length of the wing. 
It further differs from 6. heinii, G. papuensis, and б. cuneata in having the white at the tips of 
the outermost tail-feathers much less than an inch in length. | 
It differs from G. varia ала G. horsfieldi in having only twelve rectrices. 
Тһе buff on the wing-coverts and the dark colour on the tail-feathers are less pronounced in this 
species than in any other belonging to the sub-genus, but the four central tail-feathers are always 
paler olive-brown than the rest. 
The figure in the Plate is drawn of life-size, from an example in my collection purchased from a 
dealer. A full-sized figure has also been given in Gould's great work on the ‘Birds of Australia’ 
(vol. iv. plate 7), but the plate is not very satisfactory. Тһе figure in Diggles's ‘Ornithology of 
Australia’ (part xvii.) is also life-size. Тһе three species then known to inhabit Australia and 
Tasmania are confused together in the text of this work, and the plate is probably meant to 
represent the south-eastern form of Oreocincla. 
