APPENDIX II. 
The delay caused in printing off the Plates has been instrumental 
in furnishing additional information on the nidification of some of 
the foregoing species, and descriptions of nests and eggs of others 
not previously given ; as heretofore the names of correspondents 
or collectors from whom the specimens were obtained will be 
found prefixed to each description. The early and exceptionally 
wet period in New South Wales during last year (1889) rendered 
it one of the best seasons for collecting since 1870, an advantage 
which Mr. K. II. Bennett, of Yandembah, availed himself of, 
and procured the nests and eggs of several rare species of water- 
fowl, as well as making some interesting notes relative to their 
breeding habits. The nests and eggs of two species were also 
obtained last year which had not been previously recorded from 
Australia, viz., Ibis falcinellus , and Sternula sinensis. 
In some partsof Australia the breeding time is greatly influenced, 
either by periods of excessive drought, when many species do 
not visit their usual breeding grounds at all, or by the rainy 
season being early or late, the birds, more especially waterfowl 
commencing to breed immediately after the autumnal rains ; 
the breeding season however is more constant in the southern 
portions of Australia. In every instance whore the breeding 
timo is given in the preceding pages unless otherwise stated it 
applies only to the normal season. 
