GRALLINA. 
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Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 
Wide, Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia 
South Coast New Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
Family PRIONOPID^l. 
Sub-Family PRIONOPI1SLE. 
Genus GRALLINA, Vieillot. 
GRALLINA PICATA, Latham. 
Gould, Ha/ndblc. Eds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 102, p. 188. 
Tim nest of this species is usually placed upon a bare horizontal 
branch, but not unfrequently selecting one where a few green 
twigs and leaves are growing out, which partially hide the structure. 
The nest is cup-shaped, composed of mud lined inside with grasses, 
measuring five and a-half inches external diameter, and four in 
depth, the inside measurements being four and a-half inches 
across, and two inches in depth. The eggs are three or four in 
number, and vary considerably in the tint and disposition of their 
markings, the most usual variety found being of a pinky-white 
ground colour, spotted and blotched with reddish-brown and light 
red, with a few obsolete spots of purple and slaty-lilac appearing as 
if beneath the surface of the shell, the latter colours predominating 
on the larger end, where in some instances an irregular zone is 
formed, and the remainder of the surface almost without spots; in 
New South Wales this latter variety is the rule. Length (A) 
1-18x0-81 inch; (B) 1-17x0-81 inch; (C) 1-17x0-8 inch; 
(D) 1-19 x 0-82 inch. 
This bird breeds during October, November, and December. 
Hah. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 
Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
