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Tlie Martins were flying to and from the nests in great numbers, 
some carrying in grass for the linings, others busily employed in 
repairing the old, and building new nests with the mud from the 
river s bank. Many also I found brooding their eggs, and this 
gave me a good opportunity of procuring some specimens, which 
I did not fail to seize. There were usually from three to tive 
eggs, but some nests contained seven. Many of the eggs were 
altogether white, others were spotted with light brownish-yellow 
occasionally all over, in other instances only at the larger end. 
They vary in length from 7 to 8i lines, and from 6 to 6J lines in 
breadth.” (Ramsay, Ibis 1865, Vol. i., New Series, p. 299.) 
On September 29th, 1886, in company with Mr. Geo. Masters 
we took a number of the nests of this species at Chatsworth, on 
the Eastern Creek, the eggs varied both in size, shape, and colour, 
some being white without markings of any kind, others being 
elongated and heavily marked with yellowish-brown spots, they 
measure as follows : — length (A) 0-67 x 0-47 inch ; (B) 0-69 x 
0-48 inch ; (C) 0-75 x 0-49 inch ; CD) 073 x 0-48 inch ; (E) 0-68 
x 0 - 47 inch. 
During a visit to Dubbo in August 1887, these birds arrived 
in great numbers, commencing to build on the 17th, and covering 
the eaves of the schools, churches, and public buildings with their 
curiously retort-shaped nests. 
Hab. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 
Interior, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus CHEKAMGECA, Cabanis. 
CHERAMCECA LEUCOSTERNUM, Gould. 
White-breasted Swallow. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 57 p. lift 
I extract the following from Mr. K. H. Bennett’s MS. notes 
on the nidiflcation of this bird - 
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