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CAJIPOPHAGIDa:. 
and blotched with chestnut and wood-brown markings, a 
few obsolete spots of the latter colour appearing as if beneath the 
surface of the shell Length (A) I "25 x 087 inch ; (B) 1-33 x 
0 - 9 inch. 
The months of October, November, and December, constitute 
the breeding season of this species. 
Hub. Tasmania. (Railway.) 
GRAUCALUS HYPERLEUCUS, Gould. 
White-bellied Graucalus. 
Gould, JTandbk. Bds. A it*/., Vol. i., sp. 106, p. 196. 
“The nest of this species, like all those of the genus, is a rather flat 
structure of wiry grasses, securely fastened together by cobwebs, 
and placed on a horizontal bough, usually over a forked branch ; 
it is very shallow, having but a slight depression, just sufficient to 
hold the eggs in the centre, round, and about four inches in diameter 
outside ; the eggs in the present instance are two in number, of a 
pale, and bright asparagus green with a few reddish-brown spots 
confluent on the thicker end, and others sprinkled over the rest 
of the surface j length IT x 0'8 inch; some have no confluent 
markings, but the spots are more evenly distributed, oval or round, 
but sometimes closer together on the thicker end. drain Mr. 
Barnard's Collection:’ (P.L.S ., MS. IF, Vol vii., p. 408, Ramsay.) 
llab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 
Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Dawson River, 
South Coast New Guinea.? (Ramsay.) 
Genus PTEROPODOCYS, Gould. 
PTEROPODOCYS PHAS1ANELLA, Gould. 
Ground Graucalus. 
Goidd, Ilandbk. lids. Ausl., Vol. i., sp. 108, p. 199. 
“The nest greatly resembles that of Graucalus melauops, and is 
placed in similar situations on horizontal boughs; it is composed 
