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TIMELIINiE. 
have been received lately at the Australian Museum from 
Cambewarra. The nests which are attached to the end of the 
stem of some bushy bough are large, bulky, dome-shaped structures, 
composed of rootlets and moss, often eighteen inches in length and 
six wide, the opening is midway down the side and completely 
covered with a hood. The eggs are three in number for a sitting, 
large for the size of the bird, elongated, and smooth to the touch. 
Two of a set taken at Taranya Creek, on the 17th October I860, 
are of a pale chocolate-brown, becoming lighter towards the thin 
end, with a well defined zone of dark umber on the larger end, 
the other (C) is very like the egg of Pycnoptilus Jloccosus, being 
of a uniform drab ground colour, minutely freckled on the larger 
end with blackish-brown, forming an indistinct band. On looking 
closely into the eggs of this species and that of P. Jloccosus, the 
ground colour in some specimens appears to be cracked, in fine, 
faint undulating rings, quite encircling the shell. Length (A) 
0-96 x 0-67 inch; (B) 0-95 x 0-68 inch ; (C) 1 inch x 0‘68 inch. 
A set taken by Mr. Yardley at Cambewarra measures, length 
(A) 1-01 x 0-63 inch; (B)l-01 x 0-G7 inch; (C) 1-02 x 0-68 inch. 
This species breeds from August till December. 
Ilnh. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New Soutli Wales. 
( Ramsay.) 
SERICORNIS IIUMILTS, Gould. 
Sombre-coloured Sericornis. 
Gould, Randblc. BJs. Jus/., Yol. i., sp. 214, p. 356. 
This bird is found in Tasmania and the islands of Bass’s Straits. 
The nest is a large dome-shaped structure of roots, grasses, leaves, 
ifcc., warmly lined inside with feathers, and usually placed near 
the ground in a dense mass of vegetation. Eggs three in number 
for a sitting of a rich fleshy-white, becoming darker towards the 
arger end, where they are finely freckled with purplish- and 
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