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long ones, are in the lorni of lissures, and extend nearly tlie whole lent^tli of the shell ; in colour 

 they vary from pale green to a light bluish-green, the latter \ariety resenilDling in colour very 

 large eggs of Notophoy.x nova-hoUaiidi^r. Two eggs in Dr. \V. Macgillivray's collection, taken at 

 Charo Bay, Cape York, on the 7th January, 1913, and the 20th February, 1913, measure 

 respectively: — Length (A) 2"85 x i'95 inches; (L!) 2'74 x 2-04 inches. 



