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half of the shell, and the smaller end abruptly rounded off, the shell beinj,' [coarse-grained, 

 minutely pitted, of a dull chalky white, in some yellowish-white, and lustreless. A set of four 

 measures: — Length (A) 2-7 x 1-85 inches; (B) 2-73 x 1-85 inches; (C) 3-05 x i-S inches; 

 (D) 2'78 X i-g inches. A set of three e^f^s in the Australian Museum Collection, which were 

 much incubated, taUen by the late Mr. K. H. Bennett on the Banks Station, Lachlan District, 

 New South Wales, on the 22nd October, 1889, measure : — Length (A) 3-08 x 1-77 inches ; (B) 

 2-89 X 1-73 inches; (C) 2-82 x 1-79 inches. Another set of three taken in the same locality 

 measures: — Length (A) 2-8 x 1-83 inches; (B) 275 x 1-87 inches; (C) 278 < 1-84 inches. 

 A set of three taken by Mr. S. Robinson, on Buckiinguy Station, near Warren, on the 15th 

 November, 1903, measures : — Length (A) 2'62 x 178 inches; (B) 2-63 x 176 inches; (C) 

 2'8 X 173 inches. 



October and the three following months constituted the usual breeding season. 



