318 
AEDEID/E. 
measure as follows:—length (A) 2-12 x 1-55 inches ; (13) 2-2 x 1-52 
inches ; (C) 1'83 x 1-37 inch ; (D) 1-83 x 1 *35 inch ; pairs taken 
from different nests in the same tree. 
Specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, give the 
following dimensions :—length (A) 2-1 x 1-46 inches ; (B) 2-07 x 
1-55 inches; (C) 2’07 x 1*5 inches; (D) 2'08 x 1'52 inches. 
An interesting account of the breeding places of Ardea pacifica 
and Platalea Jlavipes, is given by Mr. K. H. Bennett intheP.L.S. 
N.S.W., Yol. vii., p. 324. 
Hal. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 
District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, 
New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, 
Tasmania, West and South-West Australia. (Ramsay) 
ARDEA NOVAS-HOLLANDI^E, Latham. 
White-fronted Heron. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 548, p. 299. 
The White-fronted Heron constructs a nest of sticks and leaves, 
in the topmost branch of a tree (usually a Eucalyptus) overhanging 
a river or dam. Its eggs are four in number for a sitting of a 
uniform pale bluish-green colour. Dimensions of a set taken by 
Mr. K. H. Bennett, at Mossgiel in September, are as follows : — 
length (A) 1-98 x P4 inch ; (B) 1-97 x 1-37 inch ; (C) 2-2 x 1-37 
inches ; (D) 2T x 1*35 inches. 
The breeding season commences in September and continues 
during the three following months. 
Hah. Derby, N. W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson 
River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales 
Interior, Victoria, and South Australia, Tasmania, West and 
South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
