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grasses, beautifully woven together and lined inside with hair, 
and is placed between and built around a three pronged upright 
branch, about four feet from the ground. Eggs three or four in 
number for a sitting, a specimen forwarded is oval in form, of a 
dull greyish-white ground colour, with irregular shaped markings, 
freckles, and dots of different shades of greyish and wood-brown, 
with obsolete markings of dull bluish-grey, the markings as usual 
predominating on the thicker end. The entire appearance of the 
egg is dull and lustreless. Length 0'7G x 0*58 inch. September 
and the two following months constitute the usual breeding 
season of this species. 
Hah. Norfolk Island. 
MERULA POLIOC EPHALA, Latham. 
Grey-headed Ouzel. 
Gould, Handhk. Bds. Ausl., App., sp. 4, p. 528. 
The members of this genus enjoy a wide geographical range, 
being found in both the northern and southern hemispheres; 
although different species are distributed throughout the Pacific 
region, no member of the genus is found in Australia or New 
Zealand. The Norfolk Island Ouzel breeds from August until 
December, constructing a nest similar to other members of the 
genus Morula, an open cup-shaped structure, and placed in banks, 
the tops of stumps or branches of trees, at a height varying from 
twelve to sixteen feet from the ground. The eggs vary from two 
to four in number for a sitting. Dr. Metcalfe has forwarded three 
specimens taken from different nests, one of them is oval in form, 
having a pale greenish-grey ground colour, with reddish chestnut 
markings, freckles and dots of light purple appearing as if beneath 
the surface of the shell. Length 1*18 x 0-83 inch; another 
specimen (B) inclines to an elongate oval in form, and has a 
light isabelline ground colour, with irregular shaped chestnut 
markings, and nearly obsolete freckles and dots of light purple, 
length 1*21 x 0*82 inch; (C) is an elongate oval of a pale green 
ground colour, almost obscured by numerous markings of chestnut 
A A—Appendix II. 
