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covered, especially towards the larger end with clouded markings 
of umber-brown, in some instances they are more clearly defined 
and boldly blotched, and have markings of deep bluish-grey 
appearing as if beneath the surface of the shell. A set taken on 
the 18th September measures as follows Length (A) 1-05 x 
0-75 inch ; (B) 1-07x0-77 inch.* 
Ilah. Rockingham Ray. [Ramsay.) 
ACANTHORNIS MAGNA, Gould. 
Gould, llandbk. lids. /Lust., Vol. i., sp. 228, p. .373. 
Mr. E. D. Atkinson has sent the following notes relative to 
the nidifica'tion of A. mayna, together with the eggs :—“A nest 
of this species found by Mr. G. II. Einsbyon the 29th of October 
1886, at Kangaroo Valley about five miles from Hobart, was 
nearly round in form with an entrance in the side, and similar to 
that of S&ricornis humilis; it was outwardly composed of strips of 
bark, dried grasses, and leaves, being neatly lined inside with 
feathers, and hair, and was placed in a low “ Native Currant” bush 
(Coprosma microphylla.J” 
Eggs three in number for a sitting ; an egg taken from the above 
nest is rather swollen in form, being thickest in the centre and 
tapering gradually towards each end, which are nearly equal in 
size ; it is white with line freckles of dull red particularly towards 
one end where they form an irregularly shaped zone. Length 
0-71 x 0-56 inch in width. Another egg taken by Mr. Hinsby’s 
brother is ovoid in form, white with light red and reddish-brown 
markings which are mostly confined towards the larger end of the 
egg- Length 0-75 x 0-54 inch. In the position and construction 
of its nest this bird approaches that of the genus Sericornis, but 
the egg is like that of the typical Acanthizm. 
llab. Tasmania. 
* North, Records Aust. Mus., Vol. i., pt. i., p. 37. 
