OCYPHAPS. 
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Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Interior, 
South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus OCYPHAPS, Gould. 
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OCYPHAPS LOP1IOTES, Temminck. 
Crested Bronze-wing. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 469, p. 139. 
According to Mr. K. II. Bennett the principal habitat of this 
species is on the borders of rivers and watercourses, particularly 
where thickets of Polygonum abound, the scrubby bushes of which 
are frequently chosen as sites for its nests. Like /‘haps clialcoptera 
it docs not appear to have any fixed breeding time, for it is not 
uncommon to find nests containing eggs or young in almost every 
month of the year. The nest is a very frail structure of a few 
thin sticks loosely put together and placed amongst the thick 
twigs of some low tree or bush. Eggs two in number for a sitting 
varying in form from long to short pointed ovals. A set taken 
by Mr. Bennett during November, measure as follows:—length 
(A) 1-2 x 0 - 87 inch ; (B) 1-25 x 0 - 88 inch. 
I fab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Dawson River, New South Wales, Interior, 
Victoria and South Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus EPYTHPATJCPIiENA, Bonaparte. 
ERYTHRAUCHA3NA HUMERALIS, Temminck. 
Barred-shouldered Dove. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 471, p. 142. 
This bird ranges over the whole of Queensland, North-western 
Australia, and the greater portion of New South Wales. It 
