. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . he nest. 1 found an egg of Lamprococcyx hasalis, in thenest figured on this page, a fortnight after the young Buff-rumped Thorn-bills had left it. There is a variation in thedepth of colour in examplesof Geohasilens reguloidcs obtainedfrom different parts of the con-tinent. Specimens collected byMr. George Masters at Gayndah,on the Burnett River, Queens-land, in August, 1878, have only,1 slight ochraceous tinge to the\ellow rump and upper tail-. overts; and the breast, flanks,and abdomen are pale yellow. Examples collected by
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . he nest. 1 found an egg of Lamprococcyx hasalis, in thenest figured on this page, a fortnight after the young Buff-rumped Thorn-bills had left it. There is a variation in thedepth of colour in examplesof Geohasilens reguloidcs obtainedfrom different parts of the con-tinent. Specimens collected byMr. George Masters at Gayndah,on the Burnett River, Queens-land, in August, 1878, have only,1 slight ochraceous tinge to the\ellow rump and upper tail-. overts; and the breast, flanks,and abdomen are pale yellow. Examples collected by :dwin Ashby at Upper Sturt,Woodside, and Callington, inthe hills south-east of Adelaide,and others also, received onloan from the Trustees of theSouth Australian Museum, aremuch darker than the NewSouth Wales specimens. Theymay be distinguished fromtypical examples of Geohasilensreguloidcs by the richer anddeeper ochraceous-buff rump,upper tail-coverts, basal portionand tips of tail feathers; and intwo specimens the more distinctShould it be necessary to dis-.
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