4 Proiftdings of the Bo^^il Society oj Vicroriz. 



oonsistins: chiefly of a \dry gra^ {Calc^strophiis^ and lined 

 with brittle material and do\my seed vessels. Situation 

 chosen, ^nerally Afdakioxi trees on the margin of streams or 

 swamps, sometimes 3j.nk^ias or other thick bush. Eggs 

 soft white : complement 4 or 5. Dimensions of two 

 examples— ,r 1 73 x 1 2i cm.. ^2) ITS x 1 22 cul 



C'-vxitua gymnc-pis^ Solater [Dampier's Cockatoo). — 

 F.c:gs whitisa. rather p:>inted towards the smaller end. 

 Texrare of shell somewhat granulated. Clutch is four in 

 number.* Mr. Woodward. F.G.S., informe«i me he had 

 witnessed aboriginals taking these cookatO"?s ti»m the hollow 

 of fl-»led gums on the Dalgety Creek. Gas4X>yne District 

 Yo nnj in down have been seen on the Upper Murchison in 

 April ; while Mr. Mackenzie Grant. M-L.C.. and otheri>_, state 

 that numc-ers of these birds breed under rocks on Dampier's 

 Arehitvlago. olf ^ichol Rjy. Although this cockatoo was 

 only desorib»e'l by Solater in 1S71. it is really the oldest 

 kn:>wn of aU the Australian c^>ckat.»s. Dampier, in August 

 1699. when in the vicinity of the Arcaipelag»3 which now bears 

 his name, recv'rde'i there was " a s-Z'rt of white parrots which 

 dew a great many together," and which undoubte'ily refers 

 to tb- ' -* - ^ "der c>3nsiieration. Therefore, as a 

 vem:-- :'ais interesting c->:>ckatoo, and as there 



are ni :e Ic-cal appellations. I have taken the 



liber: _ r name of the celebrate^! navigator. 



Ft' {.?, Shaw Banded Parrakeet). — I was 



somewhat astonishe'i to fiill in with this b-eautiiul parrot in 

 the Champion Bay District. To Miss X. L'>gue. of Ellendale, 

 I am indebted for an egg, and also to Mr. R. H. Cowan, for 

 his assistance in aid in g me to prtDcure a series of skins. The 

 egg which is white, was taken frz-m a hollow euc-alypt 

 bordering the Greenoagh Eiver, and measures 2S4 x 2 35 cul 



Eiiphe-ma petr^yf-hUa. Gould (Rock Parrakeet). — Eggs of a 

 tine texture, white, r»:>und in form, but some examples 

 incHne.! to ovaL A fuH clutch of 4 measures (1) 2-4.5 x 1-9 

 cm-, 2; 2 42 x 1<4 chl, {3) 2 5 x 1-9S cm., (4^ 2 45 x 1^ cm. 



I was si' :- ' -'" "x-essful in securing a series of the eggs 

 of this ciin jrakeet on Rottnest Islan<i where the 



birds bree^ .^._...: any nest^ under shelving or flat sand, 

 or lime-stones, but invariably selecting; rocky islets off the 

 main island, notably Green or Parrakeet Island It gives 

 me pleasure to state, that Mr A H. Courderot, a 



" One t^T>TnpL» meaaares -k i 2S'2 cTn. 



