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Genus ORTHONYX, 
OllTIIONYX SPINICAUDUS, Temminck. 
(0. temminckii, Vig. it Horsf.) 
Spine-tailed Orthonyx. 
Gould, Uandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 372, p. 607. 
“ Mr. Gould in his Handbook has already described the nest of 
this species. Nests obtained by my collectors in the Richmond 
River Scrubs in 1865-66 were all placed on the ground at the base 
or between the “ buttresses ” of trees, and composed of mosses and 
ddbris of leaves, etc. Eggs white, large comparatively, 1T3 x 0'85 
inch.” (Ramsay, P.L.S., N-S-W., Yol. i., New Series, p. 1148.) 
Nests which I have examined are dome-shaped, having an 
entrance at the side, composed of fallen leaves and mosses 
(Hypnum), they are usually placed on or near the ground. Eggs 
of this species have been taken in June, also in the month of 
December. 
Specimens in the Australian Museum Collection give the 
following dimensions:—length (A) 1J3 x 0‘84 inch; (B) 1J6 
x 0‘S6 inch. 
Tlab. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 
(Ramsay.) 
Genus CINCLOSOMA, Vigors and Horsfield. 
CINCLOSOMA PUNCTATUM, Latham. 
Spotted Ground Thrush. 
Gould, Uandbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 271, p. 433. 
This species is found in scrubby, and lightly timbered country 
with a slight undergrowth. The nest is a round, open, and rather 
loosely built structure composed of fine strips of bark, grasses 
and leaves, placed under the shelter of a bush, or clump of ferns 
