EURYSTOMUS. 
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It breeds in New South Wales during October and the two 
following months. 
/fab. Derby, N.W.A., Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf 
of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 
Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia, W. and S. W. Australia, South Coast New Guinea. 
( Ramsay.) 
Family CORACnxZE. 
Genus EURYSTOMUS, Vmlht. 
EURYSTOMUS PACT FICUS, Latham. 
Australian Roller. 
Gould, Handbk. Jh/s. Aunt., Vol. i., sp. 59, p. 119. 
“ I found this bird nesting in the hollow Eucalyptus boughs on 
the Richmond lliver, in October, 18G7 ; they make no nest but 
lay their eggs on the dust formed by the decayed wood—not 
unfrequently they tight with, and dispossess the Dacdo yiyas, and 
1 have seen them take the young of this bird and throw them out 
of the nest The eggs are'two or three in number, of a dull white, 
rather glossy, and sometimes variable in form, some being oval 
and pointed, others almost round. Length (A) D45 x 1*05, 
oblong; (B) 1-34 x IT, roundish.” ( Dobr. Mus. P.L.S., N.S.W., 
Vol. vii., p. 4G. Ramsay.) - 
Hah. Derby, N.W.A., Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port 
Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence River Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South 
Australia, South Coast New Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
