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but larger and closer on the thicker end. Length (A) 1 '02 x 0'75 
inch ; (B) 1-02 x 0-76 inch ; (C) L02 x 0-75 inch; (D) 1 inch x 
0*76 inch.” ( Ramsay , P.L.S., N.S.W., Yol. vii., p. 52.) 
Ilab. Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson River, New South Wales, 
Interior, Victoria and South Australia. ( Ramsay .) 
Genus MANOBHINA, Vieillot. 
MANORHINA MELANOPIIRYS, Latham. 
Bell Bird. 
Gould , lldndbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 357, p. 579. 
This species is confined to the eastern and south-eastern portions 
of the continent of Australia, and is very local in its habits. I 
have frequently observed it in a belt of scrub on swampy ground, 
about a quarter of a mile in diameter in South Gippsland where 
it used to breed, but during my many visits to the locality, 
extending over a period of nine years, I have never seen it elsewhere 
in that district, either in the ranges or any where in the vicinity. 
The nest is a frail structure, suspended by the rim to the thin twigs 
of a low bush or tree, it is an open cup-shaped structure, composed 
of roots, grasses, and lichens loosely matted together. Eggs two 
or three in number for a sitting. A set in the Australian Museum 
Collection are of a light saturnine-red ground colour, with a few 
bold blotches and spots of reddish-chestnut and purplish-brown, 
but more particularly towards the larger end, where a few sub¬ 
surface markings of purplish-grey also appear. Length (A) 0 88 
x 0 - G7 inch ; (B)0'87 x 0-64 inch. 
A set in my collection, taken at South Gippsland in August 
1881, are similar in tint and markings. Length (A) 0'87 x0 - G7 
inch ; (B) 0 - 86 x O’GG inch. 
This bird breeds during the months of August, September, and 
October. 
Ilab. New SouthWalcs, Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
