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is slightly larger, but in other respects similar to that of the 
Australian species, A. carunculata, Latham. Eggs two or three 
in number for a sitting. A set taken near Hobart in September 
1885, are of a very pale salmon, or reddish-buff ground colour, 
one specimen (A) being spotted all over with rich reddish-brown 
markings, while appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell 
are othors of a deep bluish-grey, particulai-ly towards the larger 
end; specimen B, has a few irregularly shaped markingsof yellowish- 
red and light chestnut-brown, sparingly distributed over the 
surface of the shell, together with numerous sub-surface spots and 
blotches of deep bluish-grey. Length (A) 1-37 x 0-94 inch ; (B) 
1-35 x 0-93 inch. 
Hob. Tasmania. 
ACANTIIOC UvERA CARUNCULATA, Latham. 
Wattled Honey-eater. 
Gould, Uandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 331, p. 538. 
The Wattled Honey-eater is widely dispersed over all the 
eastern and southern portions of the continent of Australia. The 
nest is an open one, rather roughly but compactly formed 
outwardly of twigs, and lined inside with dried grasses ; it is 
placed on the horizontal branch of a tree, often in a low gum 
sapling, but not unfrequently in a Eucalyptus thirty or forty feet 
from the ground. The eggs are usually three in number for a 
sitting. A set in the Australian Museum Collection, are elongated 
in form, of a light saturnine-red, becoming slightly darker in tint 
towards the larger end, where they are spotted and blotched with 
irregular shaped markings of chestnut and yellowish-brown, 
intermingled with sub-surface spots of deep bluish-grey. Length 
(A) U27 x 0'84 inch ; (B) l - 3 x 0 - 83 inch. 
A set taken in the Albert Park, near Melbourne, in October 1878, 
are of a rich flesh colour, thickly spotted all over with roundish 
markings of dark chestnut-brown, a few spots of deep violet 
