22 rsiTTACiDJ:. 



Cyanorhamphus auriceps (KuM). 



Platycercus auriceps, Btiller, B. New Z«:/.2nd ed. i.p. 142 (^f^fi- 

 Cyanorhamplms auriceps, Salvad. Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 08/ (18J1 ; 

 * Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 179 (1899) ; Sharpe, Ilund-l. n. p. 40 

 (1900). 

 Three eggs of the Yellow-fronled Parrakect measure respective!}- : 

 •95 hy -75 ; -89 hy -75 ; -91 by -79. 

 3. New Zealand. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus NYMPHICUS, Wagl. 

 Nymphicus cornutus (Gm.). 



Nymphicus cornutus. E. L. ^- E. L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1882. p. 524 ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p 591 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 179 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 40 (1900). 



An egg of the Horned Parrakect measures 1 by -8. 



1. New Caledonia, 15th Oct. (E. L. Crowley Bequest. 

 Layard). 



Genus MELOFSITTACUS, Gfndd. 

 Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaiv). 



Melopsittacus imdulatus, Guuld, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 81 (1805) ; 

 North, Nests ^- Eqgs Austr. Birds, p. 264 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xx."p. 594 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 179 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Eand-l. ii. p. 41 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests S;- Er/c/s 

 Austr. Birds, ii. p. 666 (1901). 



The eggs of the Undulated Grass-Parrakeet measure from -66 to 

 •75 in length, and from '57 to "6 in breadth. 



Genus PEZOPORUS, llJig. 

 Pezoporus terrestris (Shaiv). 



Pezoporus formosus, Gould, Handb. Birds Aiistr. ii. p. 86 (I860) ; North, 

 Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 265 (1889); Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. XX. p. 596 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. p. 179 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 658 (1901). 



Pezoporus terrestris, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 41 (1900). 



The eggs of the Green Ground-Parrakeet measure from -92 to 

 1.17 in length, and from -74 to '9 in breadth. 



