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FERISTERID*. 



Savidye, on ihe loth Noveinlier, 1S96, at Copmanhurst, Clarence River, New South Wales, 

 measures: — Length (A) 1-55 x 1-12 inches; (B) 1-57 x 1-15 inches. Another set taken by 

 him in the same locality on the 3rd October, igoG, measures: — Length (A) i-6 x i-i inches; 

 (B) i'66 X 1-17 inches. A set of two in Mr. Norman Etheridge's collection, taken near the 

 Upper Nepean River, measures: — Length (A) 1-45 x 1-07 inches; (B) 1-46 x 1-07 inches. 

 Mr. W. L. Moore took a set of two slightly incubated eggs at Loftus, sixteen miles from Sydney, 

 on the 8th December, 1900, the nearest locality to the metropolis 1 have known them to be 

 found; they measure respectively: — Length (A) 1-55 x i-i inches; (B) 1-5 x i-i2 inches. 

 A set of two, received through Mr. J. A. Boyd, taken by an aboriginal on the 2Sth September, 

 1S94, at Ripple Creek, Herbert River, North-eastern Queensland, measures: — Length (A) i-68 

 X ri8 inches; (B) i-68 x i'i5 inches. 



The breeding season in New South Wales is usually in the latter half of the year, but, like 

 many of our Pigeons, nests with eggs or young may be found at any time. Mr. Savidge has 

 found young in the nest in April, and caught a fledged young one in July. 



