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Macgillivray, who procured them from one of the neighbouring 
brushes. Mr. Macgillivray also sent me a skin of one of the 
parent birds, proving that this rare species is to be found much 
nearer Sydney than was expected; for until specimens had been 
received at the Australian Museum from Mr. Rainbird, who had 
procured them at Port Denison, Monarclia trivirgata* was looked 
upon as a bird of the greatest rarity. 
The nest is very similar and similarly situated to that of M. 
carinata, but differs in being smaller and composed of finer 
material; in length it is 3*5 inches, by 2*5 inches diameter at the 
thickest part, and 1*25 inch deep. In this instance the nest was 
placed in the upright fork of a small tree, about six feet from the 
ground, and is composed of very fine fibrous roots, long strings of 
green moss ( Ilypnum; sp.f) shreds of bark, and soft silky down 
from the seed pods of some native trees. The whole is closely 
interwoven and made into a neat cup-shaped structure, lined 
solely with fine black hair-like roots ; the edges and parts of the 
outside are ornamented with a beautiful Ilyjmum and white 
cobwebs. Upon the whole the nest and eggs bear a close 
resemblance to those of M. carinata f but, unlike all I have ever 
seen of this latter species, the nest of M. trivirgata is not so entirely 
enveloped in green moss. The eggs I believe, were only two in 
number; they are in length .833 inch by .583 in breadth, having 
a pure white ground thickly sprinkled with dots of bright reddish- 
brown crowded upon the thicker end, where they form a blotch 
approaching more to salmon colour.” (Ramsay , Ibis, 18G8, New 
Series, Yol. iv., p. 271.) 
Two eggs of this species in the Australian Museum Collection, 
taken at Wide Bay, Queensland, are similar to those described 
above, and measure as follows :—length (A) 0 - 8 x 0*58 inch; (B) 
0 - 78 x 058 inch. 
Hob. Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay, 
District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 
Wales. (Ramsay.) 
* = M. gouldii, G. R. Gray. 
t = M. mulanopsis, Vieillot. 
