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Society in November last, Mr. Bennett contributed some interest- 

 ing notes on the breeding-places of this bird. The eggs are 

 lengthened ovals in form, and are of a deep greenish-blue colour, 

 the shell being slightly rough in texture and lustreless; they 

 measure as follows, length (A) 1-94 x 1-33 inch ; (B) 1-9 x 51-35 

 inch; (C) 1*97 x 1-31 inch. A set in the Australian Museum 

 vary from pyriform to a lengthened oval, one specimen being some- 

 what sharply pointed at one end. Length (A) 2-16 x 1-48 inch ; 

 (B) 2-21 X 1-4 inch ; (C) 2-2 x 1-47 inch. The eggs of the Glossy 

 Ibis can readily be distinguished from those of any other Australian 

 bird by the intensity and depth of their colouring. 



