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great deal in the disposition of their markings. I give the 
description of several sets now before me : — 
Var. A. Ground colour faint bluish-white, minutely spotted 
with black, together witli larger round markings of the same 
colour evenly distributed over the whole surface. Length (A) 
1-1 x 08 inch ; (B) 1 x 08 inch. Taken October 1883, at Kewell, 
Victoria. 
Var. B. Ground colour bluish-white, spotted and blotched with 
irregular shaped black markings, some of them resembling in form 
ill-shapen figures, crescents, ifcc. Length (A) 1 *05 x 087 inch; 
(B) H x 0'8S inch. Taken by Mr. James Ramsay, at Tyndarie, 
October 1880. 
Var. C. Ground colour deep bluish-white, with remarkably 
heavy black blotches, uniformly dispersed over the surface, 
resembling in shape, but not so thickly disposed, as those on Rltynchu a 
australis. Length (A) 1J2 x 0 - 82 inch; (B) 1'0‘J x 0'79 inch. 
Taken by Mr. Iv. H. Bennett, September 188G. 
The breeding season of this species is usually the months of 
September, October, and November, but Mr. Bennett found several 
nests of this species, amongst others, containing fresh eggs, on 
March 19th, 1887, at Ivanhoe, New South Wales. 
Hah. Derby, N.W.A., Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, 
Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, interior, Victoria 
and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus SPHENOSTOMA, Gould. 
SPHENOSTOMA CRISTATA, Gould, 
Crested Wedge-bill. 
Gould, JLandbh, /his. Axis/,, Vol. i., sp. 1S1, p. 31G. 
The habitat of this species is the Interior of Australia. For the 
eggs of this bird I am indebted to my highly esteemed and deeply 
regretted friend, the late Mr. W. Liscombe, who obtained them at 
