NORFOLK ISLAND FLY-EATER. 
Male (nearly adult). Entire upper-surface greyish-olive, paler on the fore-head ; primary-quills 
brownish-ash, very narrowly margined on the outer web with whitish; secondaries 
uniform brownish-ash ; tail-feathers olive-brown, with a broad band of blackish-brown 
across the middle and a large spot of white on the margin of the inner web, near the 
extremity ; chin, sides of the face and throat pale yellow, washed with olive ; chest, breast, 
sides of the body and abdomen pale olive-yellow, brightest on the latter ; under tail- 
coverts white, slightly tinged with yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 
slightly washed with yellow ; under-surf ace of wings ash, palest on the margins of the 
inner webs. Collected on the 11th of June, 1903. 
Nest and eggs. The nests are suspended from a twig, with a lateral entrance-hole near the top, the 
bottom being rounded off. The nests are constructed of dead stalks and strings of grass, 
skeleton leaves, rootlets, moss, fibres and feathers, also sometimes lichens. They are lined 
with feathers and contain 3 eggs, clutches of 2 probably being incomplete. Sometimes the 
nests are built fir ml y into a mass of fibrous lichens, Usnea arliculata. The eggs were found 
in October, November and December. They have no gloss or are sometimes slightly glossy, 
white, and with numerous small bright brick-red spots and dots, sometimes with larger and 
somewhat browner spots. Thev measure : 16'5Xl3‘l, 16’4xl3‘3, 18xl2’6; 16'5xl2'5, 
16 2 X 12T, 16 X 12 5; 18'5 X 13’5, 18‘5 X 13 3, 18'5 X 13 8; 18 3 X 14 5; 18 X 14'5; 
17 5 X 13 5, 17 5 X 13 6, 17 3 X 13 3; 17 5 X 12 5, 16 7 X 12 5; 16 6 X 13 3, 
16 X 12 - 5mm. 
Breeding-season. October, November and December. 
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