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PARDALOTIN®. 
of a tree. Its eggs usually four in number, are white, and measure 
(A) 0'7 x 0'55 inch; (B) 0'G7 x 0’55 inch ; (C) 0-7 x 052 inch. 
The species breeds during September and the three following 
months. 
Hal. Dawson River, New South Wales, Victoria and South 
Australia, Tasmania. ( Ramsay.) 
PARDALOTLS MELANOCEPIIALUS, Gould. 
Black-headed Pardalote. 
Gould, Handbk. lids. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 86, p. 165. 
The nidification of this species is similar to that of P. punclatus , 
a nest of bark and grasses, being constructed at the end of a small 
tunnel about eight or ten inches long in a bank. It is a very 
common bird at Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, and the Richmond 
and Clarence Rivers. Eggs four in number for a sitting, pure 
white, rather pointed at the smaller end. 
A set taken by Dr. Ramsay at the Salt Water Creek, Richmond 
River on the 19th of September 1866 measures as follows:— 
length (A) 07 x 054 inch ; (B) 073 x 053 inch ; (C) 072 x 054 
inch ; (D) 0 7 x O'53 inch. 
A set taken by Mr. Rainbird at Port Denison measures length 
(A) 0'68 x 0-55 inch ; (B) 0'67 x 0-54 inch ; (C) 0'67 x 0'53 inch. 
This bird breeds during September and the four following 
months. 
Hal. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 
South Wales, Interior. (Ramsay./ 
