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others of the steins of grasses and small plants ; it is built either in 
a scrubby bush or among the grass-like leaves of the Xanthorrhna 
and is deeper and more cup-shaped than those of the other members 
of the group. The eggs are subjected to considerable variation 
in colour and in the character of their markings ; they are usually 
bluish-white, spotted and blotched with lively reddish-brown, 
intermingled with obscure spots and dashes of purplish-grey, all 
the markings being most numerous towards the larger end ; they 
are about eleven lines long by eight lines broad.” {Gould, Handbk. 
Bds. Aunt., Vol. i., p. 148.) 
Hah. Western Australia. (Gould.) 
ART AM US ALBIVENTRIS, Gould. 
White-vented Wood Swallow. 
Gould, Handbk. lids. Aunt., Vol. i., sp. 7G, p. 149. 
The White-vented Wood Swallow is an inhabitant of Queensland 
and the northern portion of New South Wales. The nest of this 
species is similar to that of other members of the genus, being an 
open shallow structure composed of fine pliant twigs, and lined 
inside with fine grasses, and usually placed on the forked branch 
of a tree. The eggs are three in number for a sitting, in form 
swollen ovals, some specimens being somewhat sharply pointed at 
the smaller end, of a dull white ground colour, with irregular 
shaped blotches, spots, and dots of reddish- and yellowish-brown, 
intermingled with superimposed markings of greyish-lilac, which 
are more thickly disposed towards the larger end, where they 
become confluent, forming a well defined zone ; the markings are 
very sparingly distributed over the remainder of the surface of 
the shell. A set before me, taken by Mr. George Barnard of 
Coomooboolaroo, Queensland, measures as follows :—length (A) 
0-87 x 0 G9 inch ; (B) 0-85 x 0-69 inch ; (C) 0-87 x 068 inch. 
