BY A. J. NORTH. 555 



niinutelj spotted with light brown, together with a few faint 

 blotches here and there of pnrplish-brown, the smaller end being 

 entirely devoid of markings. Whether this is the normal colovir 

 of the egg is yet to be proved, as the egg being dropped by the 

 bird when wounded, and the markings very faint, it is probable 

 that it may not have been quite ready for laying. Long diameter 

 1*4 inch, short diameter 1"05 inch. (From the Atis. Mus. Coll.) 



A photograph of this egg, sent by Dr. Geo. Bennett, F.Z.S., of 

 Sydney, was exhibited at the June meeting of the Zoological 

 Society of London, 1873. See P.Z.S., 1S73, p. 519. 



