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iiibundinid/E. 
Genus PETROCHELTDON, Cabanh. 
PETROCHELTDON NIGRICANS, Vie Wot. 
Tree Swallow. 
Gould, Ilrmdhk. Bek. Aunt, Vol. i., sp. 55, p. 111. 
Tliis species is to be found throughout the whole of Australia, 
Tasmania, and southern portions of New Guinea. It arrives in 
New South Wales and Victoria in August, and leaves again at 
the latter end of February. It deposits its eggs three in number, 
on the decayed wood, in a hollow branch, or hole in a tree; the 
ground colour being of a pinky-white, covered with minute freckles 
of light rusty-brown, particularly towards the larger end, where 
in some instances, intermingled with lilac spots they form a zone, 
others again are of a pure white, with a few fine, dots of light red 
at the larger end. 
A set taken by Mr. Iv. II. Bennett, at Mossgiel on the 16th of 
September, 1883, measure as follows : — (A) 073 x 0-33 inch ; (B) 
0-72 x 054 inch ; (C) 0-68 x 054 inch. 
Ifuh. Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port 
Denison, \\ ide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 
and South Australia, Tasmania, West and South-West Australia, 
South Coast New Guinea. ( Ramsay.) 
Genus LAGENOPLASTES, C,ovhl 
LAGENOPLASTES ARIEL, Gould. 
Fairy Martin. 
Gould , Ifandhk. tide. Aunt., Vol. i., sp. 56, p. 113. 
‘‘ About the end of November I860, I discovered a large batch 
of nests of this species fastened under an overhanging rock upon 
t he banks of the Bell River. I counted upwards of one hundred 
nests, all built so closely together, that of many, the entrances 
were alone visible,” 
