NORFOLK ISLAND FANTAIL. 
white; chin, cheeks and throat greyish-white ; chest rust-colour, remainder of the under¬ 
surface light buff; tinder wing-coverts and axillaries greyish-white. Bill black, eyes 
dark greyish-brown, feet yellowish-black. Collected at Dixey, Norfolk Island, on the 
6th of February, 1913. 
Nest and eggs. The six nests sent are all placed in forks of small branches (twigs), well woven 
round the twig, the tail-like appendage extending below or around the twig. They are com¬ 
posed of shreds of fine bark, decayed leaves, fine dry grass and spiders’ webs, and sometimes 
decayed wood, lined inside with fine grass-stems and some horse-hairs. The clutches consist 
of 3 eggs, once there were 2, but this may be incomplete. The ground-colour is white or creamy- 
white, very slightly glossy, spotted, especially round the thick end, with dull rusty-rufous 
and a few deeper lying greyish patches. They measure : 16 5 X 13, 16 X 13 4, 16 X 12 7; 
16'5 X 12 2, 16 6 X 13, 16 8 X 12-5; 16 3 X 12*1, 16 3 X 12 5, 165 X 12 5; 16 2 X 12-2, 
16 X 127, 171 X 12 6 mm. The eggs were taken in November and December, one clutch 
on the 30th of October, 1912. 
Breeding-season. October, November and December. 
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