398 OOLOGICAL NOTES. 



by Macgillivray at Lord Howe Island during the voyage of 

 H.M.S. "Herald" in 1853, under the name of C. subjlavescens. 



Dr. P. Herbert Metcalfe, the Resident Medical Officer on 

 Norfolk Island, has kindly forwarded me for description two eggs 

 of C. rayneri, taken from the hollow spout of a tree on the 12th 

 of October, 1892. One egg (A) is oval in form and is equal in 

 size at both ends ; the other is a broad oval tapering somewhat to 

 one end ; they ao-e pure white except where nest-stained, the 

 surface of the shell being very smooth and lustreless. Length 

 (A) M2x 0-9 inch; (B) 1-08 x 0-87 inch. Last season another 

 nest of fthe same species was obtained containing four eggs ; they 

 were, however, in a very advanced stage of incubation, the young 

 birds being fully formed and nearly ready to emerge from the 

 shell. I regret that Dr. Metcalfe did not secure the parent-birds 

 with the eggs, but this species is well known to him, he having 

 had five of them in confinement for several yeai's. 



In describing these eggs I provisionally retain the name of G. 

 rayneri, so as to distinguish the locality they were taken from. 

 If C. rayneri of Norfolk Island is the same as C. cooki of New 

 Zealand, as stated by Count Salvadori, I should not be surprised 

 to find, upon the examination of a large series of skins of the 

 Red-fronted Parrakeet of Norfolk Island, that it is only an 

 occasional and by no means Constant variety of C. novce-zealandice, 

 not meriting even sub-specific distinction. 



