the Birds of North Queensland. 649 



in October and November, has expanded to a large semi- 

 circular collar some 80 mm. in diameter. 



Non-breeding birds have the iris yellow, feet and bill 

 black, head and upper part of neck red, the remainder being 

 yellow. 



Breeding birds have the iris brownish white, the feet 

 yelloio, the bill black, and the colours of the bare parts of 

 the head and neck much brighter. 



We have also received a large series of eggs of this bird 

 obtained in the latter part of November and the first half of 

 December, the greatest number found in one mound being 

 thirteen, with three chicks. 



The eggs are of a dull white colour, finely granulated in 

 texture; they vary much in size, ranging from 94-104 mm. 

 in length by 60-65 mm. in breadth, the average size being 

 99x63 mm. 



106. Megapodius duperreyi Less. & Garn. ; Ogilvie 

 Grant, t. c. p. 454 ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1899, pp. 14, 16. 



A single specimen from Cooktown and several from Cairns, 

 with a large series of eggs from the latter locality. 



" Iris brown ; feet and legs orange, with black edges to 

 the scutes; bill brown ^' {Olive). 



The eggs are in shape a long oval, from 86'5-96 mm. in 

 length and 51-56 mm. in breadth. When fresh they are 

 coated with a delicate soft layer of pinky-brown material, 

 which darkens to coffee-brown with age. It is very deciduous, 

 and can be readily removed by moisture and rubbing. 



107. ^TuRNix oLivii Robinson, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. 

 p. xliii; id. Ibis, 1900, p. 375. 



We have as yet received only one female, from Cooktown, 

 of this very distinct Bustard- Quail, which appears to have 

 been hitherto confounded with T. castanonotus. It is, 

 however, readily distinguishable by its considerably larger 

 dimensions, and by the absence of white tips to the frontal 

 feathers, and also, as Mr. Ogilvie Grant has kindly pointed 

 out, by the longer and more slender bill. 



''Iris yellow; feet yellow; bill brown" [Olive), dull 

 greenish olive in skin. 



