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APPENDIX. 
NEOCHMIA PHAETON, Honihron & Jacquinot. 
Crimson Pinch.. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 256, p. 415. 
Mr. Boyd lias kindly forwarded a set of the eggs of N. phaeton 
for description, together with the following note :_ 
“ After several attempts resulting either in young birds or empty 
nests I obtained last Monday, December 9th, a nest of N. phaeton, 
containing eight eggs, all more or less incubated, seven of which 
I emptied successfully. These Finches seem to build exclusively 
among the leaves of the Pandanus trees this season; the nest is 
of a dome-shaped form and is composed of dry blades of grasses 
lined with downy tops of grass seeds and a few feathers.” 
The eggs are white, varying in form from ovals to lengthened 
ovals, slightly pointed at one end. Length (A) 065 x 0 15 inch; 
(B) 0-65 x 0-45 inch ; (C) 0’65 x 046 inch; (D) 07 x 0'43 inch; 
(E) 0-68 x 0-45 inch ; (F) 0'65 x 0'47 inch ; (G) 0-64 x 0-45 inch. 
Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, 
South Coast New Guinea. {Ramsay.) 
GLYCIPHILA FASCIATA, Gould. 
Fasciated Honey-eater. 
Gould, Handbk., Bds. Aust., Yol. i., sp. 303, p. 499. 
From Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, Dawson lliver, 
Queensland, I have received the following note relative to the 
nidification of this species, together with the eggs :—“ The nest of 
G.fasciata, is a large dome-shaped structure, with a hole in the 
side, and is composed entirely of the papery-like bark of the 
Melaleuca, coarse strips outside and finer inside, and is fastened 
to the thin twigs of the same species of tree overhanging and 
within three or four feet of the water, always as far as we have 
found over a waterhole. The breeding season commences late in 
the month of November.” 
