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PRIOXOPINVE. 
Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 
South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, W. and 
S.W. Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus COLLYRIOCINCLA, Vigors and Horsfield. 
COLLYRIOCINCLA HARMONICA, Latham. 
Harmonious Thrush. 
Gould, Handhk. fids. Aust,, Vol. i., sp. 123, p. 220. 
I he Harmonious Thrush may be met with in nearly every 
part of New South Wales and V ictoria, where its rich clear note 
echoing through the bush is one of the earliest signs of approaching 
spring. T lie nest is a round and rather loosely formed structure, 
composed of long strips of bark with a lining of fibrous roots; its 
external diameter is five inches, and three and three quarter inches 
in depth, the inside measurement being three and a-lialf inches 
across by two and a-lialf inches in depth. The nest is usually 
placed in the hollow top of a stump, at other times in the thick 
fork of a tree. The eggs are three in number, and are subject to 
considerable variation. 
\ r ar. A. Ground colour buffy-white, covered evenly all over with 
bran-like markings of light umber-brown, intermingled with others 
of a darker tint, while appearing underneath the surface of the 
shell are freckles of bluish-grey. Length (A) D18 x 0-87 inch ; 
(B) 1-21 x 087 inch; (C) l - 2 x 0-87 inch. 
Var. B. Ground colour beautiful pearly-white, with large 
blotches of brownish-black, particularly on the larger end, where 
with superimposed spots of bluish-black, they appear confluent 
and form an irregular zone. Length (A) 1-2 x 09 inch; (B) 1-2 
x 087 inch ; (C) 1-18 x 087 inch. 
Var. C. Egg in shape elongate, ground colour pearly-white, 
with a few large dashes of black, confined exclusively to the larger 
apex of the egg. Length l - 24 x 0-87 inch. 
