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meliphagid.t:. 
partly resting with the rim of the nest attached to tlxe branches 
holding it in position, but it is often found in orange trees in 
gardens, in which case the nest is always slung by the rim. 
Eggs two in number for a sitting, of a beautiful flesh colour before 
being blown ; when emptied of their contents, the ground colour 
approaches to a very pale yellowish-bull', finely but distinctly 
spotted with reddish-chestnut, in some instances forming a zone 
towards the larger end, in others scattered over the surface of the 
shell. Length (A) 0'81 x 057 inch ; (B) 081 x 056 inch. Taken 
at Dobroyde by Dr. Ramsay, 18th September 1864. Another set 
taken in the same locality in 1858 give the same measurements. 
Two eggs taken by Dr. Hurst on the 28th of June 1884, at 
Sandringham, near the mouth of the George’s River, New South 
Wales, are of a reddish-buff ground colour; one specimen being 
thickly freckled with nearly obsolete markings of chestnut-brown; 
the other is more boldly marked witli the same colour, particularly 
towards the thicker end, where the markings become larger, and 
form an irregular shaped zone. Length (A) 08 x 0-58 inch; (B) 
0-8 x 059 inch. 
The breeding season of this species commences in June and 
continues during the four following months. 
JTab. Rockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, Richmond and 
Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South 
Australia. ( Ramsay.') 
MELTORNIS MYSTACALTS, Gould. 
Moustached Honey-eater. 
Gould, JTandblc. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 299, p. 491. 
“ The Meliornis mystacnlis is a native of Western Australia, it 
beautifully represents the M. sericect of Now South Wales. It is 
a very early breeder, young birds ready to leave the nest having 
been found on the 8th of August; it has also been met with 
breeding as late as November ; it doubtless, therefore, produces 
more than one brood in the course of the season. The nest is 
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