GERYGONE. 
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The only instance I know of this bird’s breeding in the vicinity 
of Sydney was in December 18G0, when I observed a pair, 
accompanied by two young ones scarcely able to ily. The first 
specimen I obtained last year was during September, about the 
25th. Mr. Masters had also shot some a few days before at 
Petersham, about three miles distant from Sydney. They seldom 
remain long, but disappear as miraculously as they come, oidy a 
few pairs remaining to breed. 
The nest procured by Mr. Masters was placed between the 
upright forks of a small tree, about eight feet from the ground. 
It is a neat structure, cup-shaped and open above, composed of 
grass and fine rootlets closely interwoven; the outside is 
ornamented with green moss, Uypnum, Ac., which gives it a very 
beautiful and pleasing appearance. It is four inches in length by 
three across, and about an inch and a-half deep inside. The eggs 
are two in number, their ground colour pinkish-white with 
numerous bright red or pinkish salmon-coloured spots and markings 
sprinkled all over the surface, but more numerously towards the 
thicker end. They measure ten lines in length by eight in breadth. 
In this bird the plumage of both sexes is alike.” {Ramsay, Ibis, 
1865, Yol. i., New Series, p. 302.) 
Another set measures, (A) 0'9 x 0-7 inch; (B) 0-91 x 0-69 inch. 
Ilab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 
Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales. {Ramsay.) 
Genus GERYGONE, Gould . 
GERYGONE ALBIGULARIS, Gould. 
White-throated Gerygone. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 155, p. 266. 
“ This delicate little bird is only a summer visitant to the 
neighbourhood of Sydney, arriving regularly in tolerable numbers 
every year during September, and remaining to breed, taking its 
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