BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S. 27 



Casuarius (beccari ?) 

 Egg 5-3 inches by 3*3 in. The ground color is of a dull 

 greenish brown ; the raised irregular surface of a rich deep bright 

 green. — (Macleay Coll.) 



The following species of birds' eggs were collected by Mr. 

 Hunstein, and kindly forwarded to me by Mr. Wilson, of Mason 

 Brothers : — 



Microglossia aterrimus. 



Taken from a hollow branch or the hollow bole of a large tree 

 at about 25 feet from the ground. There was only one egg on 

 the debris at the bottom of this hollow ; the bird seen to fly from 

 the hole and shot proved to be the female The tree was situated 

 in the open forest country on the Astrolabe Range. The egg is 

 white, pointed at the thin end, rounded at the thicker end. 



Length, 2 inches ; diameter near the thicker end, 14 in. 



Otidiphaps cervicalis. — Ramsay. 



The nest was a depression in the debris of leaves, which 

 accumulated in the angles formed by the "spurs" or buttresses 

 of scrub trees. Egg only one, bird shot from nest as she flew 

 off. Egg white ; almost a true oval, evenly rounded at both ends, 

 glossy. Length, 1-92 x 1*25 in. 



This is very like the egg of a Podaryus. 



Hab. Astrolabe Ranges. 



Ptilopus bellus. — Sclater. " Bebora." 

 The nest is a very scanty platform of sticks through which the 

 eggs can be seen ; it is placed on a horizontal bough about 6 to 1 

 feet from the ground ; none contained more than one egg. The 

 eggs are very small for the size of the bird ; they are oval and of 

 a dull white or light cream. 



Length, 1-2 x 0-9 in. ; 11 x 0-86 in ; length, 1-18 x 0-93 in. 

 Astrolabe Ranges. 



Macropygia Dorey&.—Bpt. " Cuaor Kua." 

 Eggs vary from long ovals to swollen ovals ; dull white. 

 Length, 1-2 x 0-93 ; 1*23 x 0-87. 



