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MUSCICAPIDiE. 
zone .at the larger end. Length 0-68 x 0-55 inch. Other specimens 
similar but with larger and more defined markings have recently 
been received from the late Mr. T. H. Boyer-Bowor. Two is the 
usual number of eggs laid for a sitting, and the above nest and 
eggs were taken in the month of October, near Derby, North- 
Western Australia. (Ramsay, P.L.S., A..S'. IF., 2nd Ser., Vol. i., 
p. 411.) 
Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, South Coast 
New Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
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Genus SAULOPBOCTA, Cabanis. 
SAULOPROCTA MOTACILLOIDES, Vigors and llorsfield. 
Black and White Fantail. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 139, p. 244. 
The nest of this bird is usually placed on the branch of a tree 
overhanging the water, it is cup-shaped, and is composed of grasses, 
fine strips of bark ifcc., neatly woven together with cobwebs, of 
which latter material the outer surface is entirely covered ; and is 
lined inside with fibrous roots &c., it measures three inches across 
in external diameter, and two in depth, the inside measurement 
being two and three-eighths of an inch by one and a-quarter in 
depth. It does not always confine itself to building over, or near 
water, having found its nest on several occasions at a great 
distance from any stream. The eggs are three or four in number, 
the ground colour yellowish- or brownish-white, becoming lighter 
at the smaller end, with a zone at the larger end of minute dots 
of yellowish-brown, ashy-grey, and bluish-black; the latter colour 
appearing on the under surface of the shell. Length (A) 0-8 x 
06 inch ; (B) 0’78 x 0'57 inch ; (C) 0’8 x 0-6 inch. 
Tins species breeds during September, and the three following 
months. 
