. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . vale, Queensland. The former setmeasures:—Length (A) rojxo-GS inches; (B) oxjyxo-Gj inches. A set of three from thesame locality, in Mr. G. A. Keartlands collection, measures:—Length (A) o-g x o64 inches;(B) 0-93 X 0-69 inches; (C) 0-92 x 0-67 inches. A set of two, taken by Sir. Cowle on the 27th December, 1902,measures :—Length (A)I xo-68 inches; (6)0-98X 0-7 inches. .Vn egg ofthis species in the Aus-tralian Museum collec-tion, taken by one ofSir Thomas Mitchellsparty, during his to the Darlingr\i\er in 1S35, me
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . vale, Queensland. The former setmeasures:—Length (A) rojxo-GS inches; (B) oxjyxo-Gj inches. A set of three from thesame locality, in Mr. G. A. Keartlands collection, measures:—Length (A) o-g x o64 inches;(B) 0-93 X 0-69 inches; (C) 0-92 x 0-67 inches. A set of two, taken by Sir. Cowle on the 27th December, 1902,measures :—Length (A)I xo-68 inches; (6)0-98X 0-7 inches. .Vn egg ofthis species in the Aus-tralian Museum collec-tion, taken by one ofSir Thomas Mitchellsparty, during his to the Darlingr\i\er in 1S35, measuresI X o7i inches. The nest and eggshere figured were pre-sented to the Trustees ofthe Australian Museumby Mr. C. E. Cowle,who sent the followingnote with them:— I amsending a nest and twoeggs of the CrestedWedge-bill, which Itook in a dead Cassiaphyllodinea bush on the27th December, 1902, at Illamurta, Central Australia. This nest is more finished than anyI have seen before, and was built between some thin upright forks, about four feet fromthe NKST AND EGGS OF CRESTED WEDGE-BILL. EIPIHITm^A^nsrTTI^^^, albifrons. WHITE-FKONTED albifrons, Jard. A- Selby, lUust. Orn., Vol. II., pi. .■J/Ji/hianura albifrons, Gould, Bds. Austr., Vol. III., pi. 64 (1848); id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. L, p. 377 (1865); Sliarpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., Vol. VII, p. 666 (1883); id., Hand-1. Bds., Vol. IV., p. 148 (1903)..•\dult male—General colour above dull grey, some 0/the feathers on the back indistinctlycentred with dark brown; rump clear grey; upper iving-coverts dark brown, the lesser coverts edgedwith grey; quills dark brorvn, blackish-brown on the outer webs of the primaries; upper tail-covertsblack; tail feathers dark bro-ivn, all but the central pair with a large white spot at the end of theinner web; hinder portion of crown and nape black; forehead, sides of the head, cheeks, and throat 344 white; a b
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