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PSITTA.CI. 



21. EoLornus koseicapilla, Vleiell. 



Like all the members of this section the E-ose Cockatoo nests 

 in the hollow branches of large trees, laying its eggs on the 

 debris of decaying wood usually found in such places, they are 

 three to five in number, white, rather oblong in form, and slightly 

 granular ; length A. 1'^ x 1-05 ; B. l'^ x VOk--{Mus. Bohr.) 



22. Ptatycercus pallidiceps, Gould. 



The eggs of the Moreton Bay E-osella are from three to fi.\"e in 

 number, white, round or oblong-oval in shape ; length from 1 in. 

 to 1*06 by from 0*88 to 0"9 inch, they are laid in the hollow 

 boughs of trees during the months of August to December. 



ACCIPITRES. 



23. MiLYUS isuRUs, Gould. PI. 5, fig. 4. 



Nest, of sticks and twigs rather loosely constructed, and lined 

 with a few Eucalyptus leaves, placed in a fork of some of the 

 higher branches of the trees, or in the interior where the trees 

 are stunted and low, in any suitable branch that will bear its 

 weight. Eggs two to three in number, the ground colour white? 

 on the thicker end are blotches, smudges and scattered irregular 

 spots of reddish brown or rusty red, with minute dots here and 

 there sprinkled over the surface, frequently one egg in a set is 

 blotched at the thin end, some are more heavily and more deeply 

 marked than others, one specimen is covered (more numerously 

 at the thin end) with irregular freckles only, in many places 

 superimposed; length A. 2-03 x 1-57; B. 1*97 x 1-76; C. 2-06 x 

 1-67 \\\.—(Mus. Bolr.) 



24. ACCIPITER CIRRHOCEPHALTJS, Vieill. 



The nest is a scanty structure of a few sticks generally placed 

 crosswise over a thick horrizontal bough, where a few twigs 



