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beneath the surface of the shell. Length (A) 0'63 x 0'4G inch ; 
(B) 0'63 x 0'47 inch. 
Hah. Norfolk Island. 
GERYGONE MODESTA, Pelzeln. 
The Ashy-fronted Gerygone. 
Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 221. 
The nidification of this species is somewhat similar to other 
members of the same genus found in Australia, New Zealand, 
and the Austro-Malayan region. The nest is a pointed oval in 
form, with an entrance in the side near the top, usually protected 
with a hood ; it is composed exteriorly of mosses, grasses, fibrous 
roots, spiders’ webs and nests, and warmly lined inside with 
feathers, and is suspended by the top to the end of a slender 
hanging branch. Eggs two to four in number for a sitting, 
closely resembling those of the Australian species, G.fusca, they 
are oval in form, one specimen sent being a rosy-white, thickly 
covered over the entire surface of the shell with minute red and 
pink-red markings, length 064 x 048 inch; another specimen 
is of a delicate white, with short scratchy markings more 
sparingly distributed, but in some places confluent, length 0 65 
x 048 inch. 
Ilah. Norfolk Island. 
PETRCECA MULTICOLOR, Gmelin. 
Norfolk Island Robin. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., App., sp. 2, p. 526. 
From Dr. Metcalfe's description of the nidification of the 
Norfolk Island Robin, it will be seen that the nest of this species 
is precisely similar to that of P. legyii and P. pluenicea, of 
Australia and Tasmania. The nest is a round deeply cup- 
shaped structure, composed exteriorly of mosses, fibre, and dried 
