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part of September and the beginning of October, and the nest, 
which is generally placed in the hollow part of a high tree, is 
formed of dried strips of gum-tree bark very closely packed ; 
it is deep, and is sometimes lined with soft grasses. The eggs, 
which are two or three in number, are of a beautiful bluish or 
pearly white, with large blotches of reddish olive-brown and dark 
grey, the latter appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell; 
the medium length of the eggs is one inch and one line, by ten 
lines in breadth.” (Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausl., Yol. i., p. 222.) 
Hob. Derby, N.W. Australia, West and South-west Australia. 
{Ramsay.) 
COLLYRIOCINCLA RUFIGASTER, Gould. 
Rufous-breasted Thrush. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Ausl., Vol. i., sp. 128, p. 226. 
Eggs of this species taken by Mr. George Barnard, on the 
Dawson River, Queensland, are of a beautiful pearly-white, 
spotted and blotched all over the surface with dark olive-brown, 
and obsolete markings of slaty-grey, which are more thickly 
disposed towards the larger end, where they become confluent. 
Length (A) L03 x 0-74 inch ; (B) 1-01 x 0-73 inch. 
Hah. Derby, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond 
and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. {Ramsay.) 
COLLYRIOCINCLA PARVISSIMA, Gould. 
Smaller Rufous-breasted Thrush. 
Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. x., p. 114. 
Specimens of this bird in the Australian and Macleayan 
Museums, and in the Dobroyde Collection, differ only from the 
southern representative C. rujigaster in the deeper tints of its 
plumage and smaller admeasurements. The average length of a 
number of specimens of G. rujigaster obtained at Wide Bay and 
the Richmond River, is 7’5 inches-; wing, 3-9 inches ; tail, 3-5 
