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TIMELIIN/’E. 
Pteris aquilina, generally in close proximity to a fallen log. Eggs 
two or three in number for a sitting, usually the former, varying 
considerably in their size and markings. A set of two taken at 
Hastings, Victoria, in September 1883, are of a dull white, freckled 
and blotched with wood-brown and umber-brown markings, while 
appearing underneath the surface of the shell are large clouded 
blotches and spots of dark lilac, which are more numerous than 
the markings on the outer surface. Length (A) 1-31 x 0'92 inch; 
(B) 0-27 x 0-9 inch. 
A set of three taken by Mr. J ames Ramsay at Merule Creek, 
are of a dull white thickly freckled with wood-brown markings 
intermingled with others of bluish-grey, appearing underneath the 
surface of shell, more particularly towards the larger end; one 
specimen (A) is elongated in form and is almost devoid of markings 
with the exception of a few very minute spots of umber brown 
scattered over the surface of the shell. Length (A) 1*27 x 0*82 
inch ; (B) 1*2 x 0*87 inch ; (C) 1*2 x 0‘85 inch. 
Young specimens of this bird were obtained at Heathcote, 
on the Illawarra Line on October 30th 1886. This species 
commences to breed early in August and continues through the 
three following months. 
Hab. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus CINCLORAMPHUS, Gould. 
CINCLORAMPHTJS CRURALIS, Vigors and Ilorsfield. 
Brown Cincloramphus. 
Megaluruscruralis, Vig.& Horsf. in Linn. Trans., Vol. xv.,p. 22b. 
Cincloramphus cruralis, Gould, P.Z.S., v., p. 150, idBds. of Aust. 
Handbk., sp. 241. 
Cincloramphus cantillans, Gould, Bds. of Aus., folio Vol. iii., pi. < 5. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol i. sp. 241, p. 395. 
