Upper surface, wings, and tail, are dark brown, the tail tipped with white; spurious wing, 

 feathers, blackish-brown, tipped with white; line above the eye and under surface, greyish- white ; brides, 

 greyish-white ; bill, legs, and feet, blackish-brown. 



Total length, i| inches; bill, g inch; wing, 2\ inches; tail, •-' inches; tarsi, g inch. 

 I [abital : [nterior of Queensland. 



SERICORNIS MAGNIROSTRIS (Gould). 



LA R < / E- I! 1 L L ED SERICORNIS. 



rilllls bird resembles SeHcomis Citreogularis in the manner of building its nest, and also in the fact 

 ' thai i1 remains a great deal among the branches of trees. 



It ia found in most <>f the gullies and brushes of New South Wales, both near the coast and 

 in the interior. 



It is R very difficult matter to obtain specimens, as its shy disposition leads it to remain hidden 

 on the branches of a high tree. 



The nest, like that of Sericomis Citreogularis, is placed in a mass of* moss hanging from one 

 of the branches of a tree, sometimes at a great height from the ground, and at other times very 

 low down. 



It breeds from August to February, laying either two or three eggs of a reddish-white colour, 

 streaked and spotted with dark brown, and measuring nine and a half lines in length, and seven lines 

 in breadth. Two, and sometimes three, broods are reared in the season. 



The ciown of the head and ear-coverts are light rufous-brown ; rest of upper surface, wings 

 and tail, brownish-black; under surface, grey; irides, brown; bill, black; legs and feet, brown. 



Total length, 4^ inches ; bill, f inch ; wing, 2\ inches ; tail, if inch ; tarsi, :t u inch. 



Habitat: Xew South Wales. 



SERICORNIS MACULATUS (Gould). 



SPOTTED SERICORNIS. 



rilll IS member of the genus Sericomis is found in South and Western Australia, and on the north 

 coast. Specimens from the first two parts differ slightly in colouring from those procured on the 

 north coast, but the difference is too trivial to justify their division into two separate species. 



