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JIUSCICATIMi. 
The nest is a small shallow structure, composed of strips of 
bark, grasses, roots, &c., held together on the outside with 
cobwebs, and placed on the dead branch of a tree within a 
few feet of the ground. Eggs two in number, one specimen (A), 
being a dark asparagus-green, faintly tinged with brown on the 
larger end, the other (B), with the exception of the smaller end 
which shows tli 3 asparagus-green ground colour, is shaded all over 
with rich brow 1 , more particularly towards the larger end, which 
is entirely capped with a darker tint of the same colour. Length 
(A) 0-8 x 0-59 inch ; (B) 078 x 0-6 inch. {North, P.L.S., N.S. 
W., Vol. ii., 2nd Scries, p. 554, 1887.) 
Hah. Derby, N. W. A., Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Interior. {Ramsay.) 
Genus AMAUKODRYAS, Gould. 
AMAURODliYAS V1TTATA, Quay et Guimard. 
Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 170, p. 286. 
The nest of this species is similar to that of M. bicolor, but 
somewhat larger. For the first eggs of this species I am indebted 
to Mr. Gordon, who obtained them among others for me during 
his residence on King Island, in Bass’s Straits, when superintending 
the building of the lighthouse at that place. Eggs three or four in 
number for a sitting of a pale apple-green, faintly tinged with 
brown on the larger end forming a perfect, but nearly invisible, 
zone. Length (A) 0 - 87 x 0 - 63 inch ; (B) 0'84 x 063 inch ; (C) 
0-88 x 0'67 inch. Among several sets taken in October 1885, 
near Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, are some with a 
distinct zone of brown spots ; others again appear as if smudged 
in places with the same colour. Dimensions of one of the sets are 
as follows : — length (A) 0 - 87 x 0‘66 inch ; (B) O'SI x 0 - 64 inch ; 
(C) 0-85 x 0-63 inch. 
