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and blackish-brown, with which are intermingled similar under- 

 lying markings of faint slaty-grey, the markings being rather 

 larger on the thicker end. Length (A) 92 x 0-65 ; 0*91 x 063 ; 

 0*9 x 0*63 inches. The eggs of this species closely resemble those 

 of a variety of the introduced House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). 

 The egg of the Noddy Tern {Anous stolidus) is remarkable, from 

 its being taken from a nest near the top of a Screw Palm, 30 feet 

 from the ground. 



Mr. E. I. Bickford showed a seedling, and also dried flowers, 

 of the Black Kangaroo-paw (Macropodia fumosa Drumm.) of 

 West Australia. 



