460 Mr. D. Le Souef on some new or 



bark, the outside being of a little coarser material than the 

 lining ; a few feathers were also woven into the lower portion 

 of the nest ; the exterior was lightly covered with cobwebs, 

 on which were fastened small thin flakes of bark, taken off 

 the tree on which the nest was built. It measures — external 

 diameter 2| inches, internal If ; external depth 2j inches, 

 internal 1]. The clutch of eggs is two; they are a swollen 

 oval in shape, and bave a whitish ground-colour, with fine 

 very dark brown markings, which are mostly on the larger 

 end and foimi an irregular zone. The markings under the 

 surface are of a grey colour. The eggs measure : A 071 X 

 0-58, B 0-68 X 0-51. inch. 



4. Platycercus icTEROTis (Tcmm.). (Yellow-cheeked 

 Parrakeet.) 



This brightly-coloured bird is one of the commonest 

 Parrots in Western Australia. It is locally called the 

 " Rosella,^' and is easily kept in captivity. It has a 

 pleasant though somewhat feeble note, and nests from 

 September to January. A full clutch consists of seven 

 eggs, which are laid on the rotten wood at the bottom 

 of some hole in a eucalyptus-tree. The eggs measure : 

 A 1-4 X 0-86, B 1-12 X 0-88, C 1-6 x 0-88, D 1-7 x 0*87 inch. 



5. Philemon argenticeps Gould. (Silvery - crowned 

 Friar-bird.) 



I described the eggs of P. aryenticeps last year, but 

 only from one clutch; this season Mr. R. Hislop has 

 kindly sent me several clutches which exhibit variations 

 in marking worth noting. The first clutch received was 

 reddish pink, but the last lot range from reddish pink, well 

 freckled all over, to othei's with just the least shade of 

 pink on them and with a few very light greyish markings, 

 hardly discernible, and the latter variety seems the most 

 plentiful. They likewise vary in size, one clutch measuring : 

 A l-26xO-82,B 1-24 X 0-82; and another: A 1-8 x 0-79, 

 B l*9x0'79 inch. Along with the latter clutch was found 

 an egg of Eudynamis cyanocephala, ajid I cannot do better 

 than quote Mr. Hislop^s own words regarding it. He says : — 



