BY DB. E. P. RAMSAY, P.R.S.E., <fec. 679 



SuLA CYANOPS, Sundevall. 



Eggs of a light bluish white or dull white, stained with blackish 

 or reddish-brown smears, hair-lines and spots ; when first laid 

 apparently milk-white, shell rough, very limy, inner shell beneath 

 the limy surfoce bluish white. Length, (a) 2-65 inches x 1-8 

 inches; (b) 2"58 inches x 1-8 inches, (c) 2-6 inches x 1'9 inches ; 

 (d) 1-56 inches x 1-83 inches. 



Found on the Admiralty Islets. 



The specimens here described were obtained by Mr. Etheridge 

 and two of the employes of the Australian Museum, Messrs. 

 Thorpe and Whitelegge, during a recent excursion to Lord Howe's 

 Island whilst investigating the zoology of that interesting region. 

 Details of their exploitations will be found in future reports on the 

 excursion. 



