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MUSCICAPIDJE. 
ornamenting the outside of their nests with small scales of the 
bark and lichen which grow upon the same trees, is beautifully 
illustrated in not only the nest of the present species, but also in 
those of many other Australian birds : as in that of the genus 
Eiipsaltria, and more particularly in those of the genus Sittella, 
which are not only ornamented on the outside with scales of bark 
from the same or similar branches to which they are fastened, but 
the inside is carefully lined with small pieces of the mouse-eared 
lichen, so arranged as to bear a very close resemblence to the eggs.” 
(Ramsay, Proc. Phil. Soc., Sydney, 18G5, p. 329, pi. i., figs. 9 
and 10.) 
Dimensions of a set in the Australian Museum Collection : — 
length (A) 073 x 059 inch ; (B) 0'75 x 059 inch. 
A set in the Dobroyde Collection measures as follows: — length 
(A) 071 x 0 - 56 inch; (B) 072 x 0 - 54 inch. 
Hah. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 
Interior, Victoria and South Australia. ( Ramsay ) 
Genus MONAKCHA, Vigors and Uorsfield. 
MONARCHA MELANOPSIS, Vieillot. 
(M. carinata, Swainson.) 
Carinated Flycatcher. 
Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 152, p. 2G2. 
Dr. Ramsay writes as follows regarding the nidification of this 
species : — 
“ I have never myself had the pleasure of finding the nest of 
this beautiful species, but perhaps the fact that very few breed 
about Sydney may be sufficient for this seeming neglect. 
For the nest and eggs which at present grace my collection I 
am indebted to Mr. George Masters, of Petersham, who procured 
them during a visit to Kiama in January 1864. 
