SUPPLEMENT to the DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of 
“NESTS and EGGS of BIRDS FOUND BREEDING in 
AUSTRALIA and TASMANIA.” 
[Part II., April 1892.] 
By A. J North, F.L.S., Assistant in Ornithology. 
Since the issue of Part I. the following new nests and eggs have 
been obtained and are herein described :— Edoliisoma tenuirostre, 
Turnix melanotus, Ptilotis frenata, and Polytelis alexandrce. 
Descriptions of nests and eggs also appear that aro not given in 
the Catalogue, as well as additional information on the nidifica- 
tion of other species. I here express my indebtedness to the col¬ 
lectors or correspondents from whom the specimens were obtained 
and whose names will be found prefixed to each description. 
FALCO MELANOGENYS, Gould. 
Black-cheeked Falcon. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. i., sp. 8, p. 26. 
Regarding the additional information on the breeding habits 
of Falco melanogenys, the most courageous of all our Raptorial 
birds, I am indebted to Dr. L. Holden, of Circular Head, and 
Mr. E. D. Atkinson, of Table Cape, North-west Tasmania. From 
the former gentleman’s notes kindly sent me I have extracted the 
following:— 
“On the 10th of September, 1887, Mr. E. D. Atkinson, took 
two fresh eggs of this species on a ledge of cliffs between Sister’s 
Hill and Boat Harbour.” “On the 4th of October, 1888, I 
found a nesting place of the Black-cheeked Falcon on the cliffs 
that bound Sister’s Beach on the South-east, i t was the same place 
that Mr. Atkinson obtained his nest on the 10th of September, 
1887. The eggs were three in number and hi rd set, but could be 
