Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 63. 
Family MVSCICAPIDM. 
CARTERORNIS LEUCOTIS. 
WHITE-EARED FLY-CATCHER. 
Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IX., pt. 2, p. 90, pi. 410, April 15th, 1921. 
Monarcha leucotis Mayo, Emu, Vol. XXIII., pt. 1, p. 30, pi. vn., July 4th, 1923 (nest) ; Campbell, 
ib., Vol. XXV., pt. 3, p. 151, Feb. 11th, 1926 (eggs). 
Nest. Formed of thin strips of tea-tree bark with green moss woven amongst and over the tea- 
tree ; largely covered outside with cobweb-like plant or aphis ; interspersed with a 
white hair-like filament; inside lining of nest black hair-like roots of fern. Built on a 
sloping forked limb 10 to 12 feet from the ground. Measurements : diameter 3 inches, 
depth 3| inches ; inn er diameter 2 inches, depth 1J inches. 
Eggs. Clutch three. Short ovate in shape ; texture of shell fine; surface very glossy; 
colour pinkish-white, somewhat heavily spotted and blotched with rich chocolate or 
madder brown and violet-slate or purplish-grey. 20-22 by 15-16 mm. 
Breeding-season. October (Pimpana, South Queensland). 
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