. Nids et oeufs d'oiseaux reproducteurs en Australie et en Tasmanie . jusqu'à quarante ou cinquante en nombre. Il n'a été vu que sur des plates et des terres de table, et aucun nouveau nid n'a été trouvé, des theresidents l'informant que cette espèce, ainsi que le tricolore d'Éphthianiira, avaient terminé la reproduction W. Macgillivray m'informe que, dans le district de Broken Hill, dans le sud-ouest de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, cet oiseau est présent tout au long de l'année, mais il est particulièrement nombreux en automne et en hiver, mais peu semblent encore se reproduire. De point Cloates, dans le nord-ouest de l'Australie, M. Tom C(7rter m'écrit:—Ephihianuraalbifrons est un c

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. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . up to forty orfifty in number. It was only seen on flats and table-lands, and no new nests were found, theresidents informing him that this species, as well as Ephthianiira tricolor, had finished breeding.Dr. W. Macgillivray informs me that in the Broken Hill District, in south-westernNew South Wales, this bird is present throughout the year, but is especially numerous inautumn and winter, few, however, seem to remain to breed. From Point Cloates, North-western Australia, Mr. Tom C(7rter writes me:—Ephihianuraalbifrons is a casual visitor to the coast. Numbers were seen here on 14th February, i8qq, alsoon loth May following, and a few stragglers between dates. Eight specimens were collected by Mr. K. Broadbent in Tasmania. Dr. LonsdaleHolden has also frequently observed this species at Bellerive and Rokeby, near Hobart, andfound a nest, with three eggs, in a brush fence on the road to Ralphs Bay, on nth November, 1895, and another in a small bush at Rokeby on the 23rd October, 1898.. WlIlTE-FliONTED Nf.V. Ann. Rep Aust. Mus., 1S7S-80, p. 13. EPHTHIANURA. 345 ill mm The nest is an open cup-shaped structure, irregularly formed exteriorly of coarse driedgrasses or plant-stalks, and is neatly lined inside with fine dried grasses, thin fibrous rootlets, and horse-hair. The nests vary somewhat with the materials of which they are formed, according to their position. Those built in low bracken fern usually have small portions ofthe dead fronds in their outer walls. One I found had a piece of coarse string worked into theside, and others were lined almost entirely with cow-hair. Where available, however, horse-hair is chiefly used as a lining. An a-erage nest measures three inches and a half in externaldiameter by three inches in depth, and the inner cup two inches and a quarter in diameter byone inch and a half in depth. The site selected for the nest is varied. Usually it is near theground, and placed in

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