/VESTS AND EGGS OF AVSTK ALLAN BIRDS. 609 



Tlie Horn Scientific Expedition found the Red-tailed Cockatoo 

 plentiful in the interior. Mr. G. A. Keartland states the tirst speci- 

 men shot was by Mr. Horn, at the Goyder Well, on 15th May (1894), 

 the most southern point at which these birds were known to be found, 

 Judging by the young ones shot, the breeding season was evidently 

 just over, "for at Trickott's Creek they were numerous and flocking. 

 It was ascertained that they breed in the spouts of the eucalypts 

 along the Finkc, Todd, Hale, and Palmer Rivers, usually late, or 

 probably according to the season. 



Eggs taken the following season (1895) reached Mr. Keartland 

 and other collectors, one pair being taken on the 12th March. 



The specimen in my collection, a gift from Mr. C. French, jvmr., 

 wa.s received from the same quarter (1896), therefore the Red-tailed 

 Cockatoo would appear to be a constant breeder in the interior parts. 



Breeding season, October to March, or later. 



478. C.\LYPTORHYNCHUS VIRIDIS, ViciUot. (400) 



C. h'orhii, Wagler. 



GLOSSY COCKATOO. 



Figure. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol., vol. v., pi. lo. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p 112. 



I'rcvious Denriftions of Kggs. — Campbell : Southern .Science Record 

 {18S3), also Nests and Eggs Austn. Birds, pi. 2, fig. 400 (1SS3) ; 

 North: Rec. .\ustn. Mus., vol. i., p. 115 (iSgi). 



Geoyraijhicnl Disfrihution . — Queensland, New South Wales, Vic- 

 toria, and South Australia. 



Nest. — A hole in or hollow bough of a tree. 



Eggs. — Clutch, one to two, usually one ; roundish oval in shape ; 

 texture of shell coarse ; surface has faint trace of gloss, and occasion- 

 ally limy nodules ; colour, white. Dimensions in inches of single 

 examples : (1) 1-62 x 1-27, (2) 1-54 x 1-27. 



Observations. — Tliis species is the smallest of the Black Cockatoos. 

 In the male bird the broad band of scarlet, which is seen on the tail 

 when expanded, is exceedingly beautiful and stiiking. With regard 

 to the nidification of the Leach Cockatoo, Gould merely states that " It 

 lays two eggs in the holes of the trees." It was not until 1883 that 

 I had the pleasure of first describing a specimen, which I received 

 from the discoverer, Mr. E. H. Lane, of Wambangalang, near Dubbo, 

 New South Wales. Dm-ing March, April, and May, 1880, he found 

 six nests, each containing but one egg or young. The nesting place 

 was usually a few feet down from the entrance in the trunk of a 

 eucalypt. 

 39 



