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MELIPHAGIDiE. 
appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell. Length (A) 1 "25 
x 0-88 inch ; (B) l - 3 x 0-86 inch. 
This species commences to breed in August and continues 
during the three following months. 
Hab. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 
West and South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus ANELLOBIA, Cabanis. 
ANELLOBIA MELLIVORA, Latham. 
Brush. Wattle-bird. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 332, p. 541. 
The Brush Wattle-bird is found throughout the eastern and 
southern portions of Australia, and the whole of Tasmania. I 
found this species breeding in great numbers during October 1882 
near Hastings, at Western Port. The nest is an open one, outwardly 
composed of fine twigs, lined inside with roots, and placed in the 
fork of a tree, not far from the ground, low Eucalyptus saplings, 
being especially favoured in this respect. The eggs are two or 
three in number for a sitting. 
A set in the Australian Museum Collection are of a rich salmon 
colour, spotted and blotched with irregularly shaped clouded 
markings of dark chestnut-brown, and a few of reddish-brown, 
together with sub-surface markings of deep bluish-grey, particularly 
towards the larger end, where they assume the form of a zone. 
Length (A) 1'04 x 0‘75 inch; (B) D02 x 0’7G inch. 
There is very little variation shown in a number of sets taken at 
Dobroyde by Dr. Ramsay during 1858—60, and those piocured by 
myself at Hastings in 1882. 
The breeding season of this species extends during the months 
of September, October, November, and December. 
