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TBIELIIN^E. 
Mr. Gould (Handbk., I., p. 479). The eggs three to five in 
number, are of a yellowish-brown tint, some with the ground 
colour of a somewhat saturnine hue almost obscured by hair lines 
and veins of blackish-sienna or of a blackish-chocolate colour ; they 
vary considerably in tint, some have fleecy cloud-like markings 
and but few hair lines, some are pointed in form, others oblong 
with both ends almost equal. Length 1-05 x 075 inch, oblong ; 
1*07 x 0-74 inch, pointed ; 1-02 x 0-7 inch, rounded. They breed 
during September and the three following months. Mr. Barnard’s 
Collection.” (Ramsay, P.L.S., A.-S'. W., Vol. vii., p. 46.) 
Hah. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson liiver. (Ramsay.) 
POMATOSTOMUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Vigors andllorsjteld. 
White-eyebrowed Pomatostomus. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 294, p. 482. 
“ The nest is similar to that of P. temporalis but smaller, and 
has the entrance more completely covered by a thatch of twigs. 
The eggs are three to five in number, their usual length is ten and 
a-half or eleven lines by seven and a-half to eight lines in breadth, 
some are rounded in form others more elongated. The ground 
colour is of a brownish-grey tinged with olive, clouded with purplish 
brown and greyish-olive and sparingly veined with dark bistre, 
some specimens are of a uniform dull greyish-olive-brown, clouded 
with a deeper hue and without veins, and have a clouded band 
round the centre. Like the foregoing species, this is frequently 
found upon the ground hopping about with the greatest agility 
under the trees, especially during the early part of the day ; when 
flushed they fly oft' to the nearest tree and commence to ascend it 
by a series of hops and jumps until they reach the end of the 
boughs from which they fly oft’ in a string. They are very 
sprightly and quick in their movements, and have the peculiarity 
of drawing their heads in and puffing out their feathers as they 
