The eggs, which are an inch and an eighth in Length, and thirteen-sixteentha of an inch in 

 breadth, are laid in a need formed of grass, and placed in a small bush. They are two in number, 

 and are greenish-white, spotted with black. 



The male has the head, chin, ear coverts, and breast, black ; a large patch of* white on each side 

 of the n.ck ; all the upper and under surface, and tail, very dark olive-green, the three lateral tail- 

 feathers on each side, and some of the feathers on the centre of the abdomen, being tipped with white; 

 wings, olive-brown ; [rides, dark red ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



The female is smaller, and her plumage is not so distinctly marked as that of the male. 

 Habitat : Xew South Wales. 



GENUS SPHENOSTOMA (Gould). 



r MHE only known -pecies of this form, which is closely allied to the genus Psophotles, inhabits the 

 J- interior of Australia. 



SPHENOSTOMA CEISTATUM (Gould). 



CRESTED WEDGE-BILL. 



rpHIS little-known species is found in the interior of New South Wales and South Australia, among 

 J- the low trees and bushes which grow in those parts. 



It is ver}' shy and retiring in disposition, and for this reason, and also on account of the out- 

 of-the-way places it inhabits, next to nothing is known of its habits. 



The nest is constructed of small sticks, and lined with fine classes. The eo-o-s are white, tinged 

 with green, and spotted with greyish-black. 



The general plumage is brown, lighter beneath ; chin, and sides of the head, white ; wings, dark 

 brown, the primaries margined with white; tail, blackish -brown, tipped with white; irides, dark brown; 

 hill and feet, black. 



Habitats : Interior of Xew South Wales and South Australia. 



