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inch and a-lialf, depth one inch and a-quarter. Eggs two in 
number for a sitting, white, minutely freckled with reddish-brown 
and greyish-lilac, the latter colour appearing as if beneath the 
surface of the shell ; in some instances these markings form a zone, 
in others they are confined to a few nearly invisible spots on the 
larger apex. An average set measures as follows :—length (A) 
0-G7 x 0-52 inch ; (B) 0'67 x0‘48 inch. 
Hah. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Rockingham Bay, 
Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, West and South- 
West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus PTILOTIS, Swainson. 
PTILOTIS LEWINII, Swainson. 
Lewin’s Honey-eater. 
Gould, TLandhh. Bds. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 306, p. 503. 
“ The nest of this species is like that of P. chrysops, cup-shaped, 
open at the top, and slung by the sides of the rim between the 
twigs of some leafy bough or vine ; it is composed of shreds of 
bark and grasses, webs of spiders, &a., and lined with similar 
material of a finer texture, or occasionally, when found in the 
neighbourhood of dwellings, with feathers, wool, or other soft 
substances. The eggs arc two in number, pearly white with 
deep reddish dots.” ( Ramsay, P.Z.S., 1875, p. 595.) 
Two eggs taken by Dr. Ramsay on the 29th of December 1871, 
on the Mary River, Queensland, are nearly oval in form, white, 
with circular spots and dots of reddish-black confined to the larger 
end. Length (A) 1- x 07 inch; (B) 0-99 x 0-68 inch. In 
specimens taken at Port Macquarie, the markings assume the 
form of a zone. 
lliey breed during the months of Octobex-, November, and 
December. 
Hah. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence River Districts, New South 
Wales, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsayi) 
