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Anthus australis hartogi, Caricr [Ihis, 11)17. y. f)i()). 



Scd. — -Fouud nth .\ui;ust, ki^o, well liiddcii iiiulcr ii Npiiiih^x 

 {Triodia) bush. 



/:gg<?. — Clutch lliiiM', li|<litrr in colour than others I have secu, 

 and without !.,doss. Kach measures iu inches .(S4 .v .Oi. and is 

 smaller than typical eggs of the Pipit from luisteni Australia, 

 though more ])\riform in shape. They ;i.r(^ slightly larger than 

 eggs taken by Mr. W'hitlock at Barrow Island, Western Australia. 



Other Species. 



Other interesting eggs takeu by Mr. W'hitlock at Dirk liartog 

 Island are as follows : — 

 Dcmiegyctta sacra. Reef-Heron (dark grey v^ariety). 



Two eggs taken 7th August, 1920, from a nest composed of 

 small sticks lined with a little soft material, placed in a cavernous 

 hollow in a limestone chff. 

 Burhinus grallarius {brooinei, Mathews). Western Stone-Plover. 



Two eggs taken 5th August, 1920, laid on bare sand between 

 large stones of a hmestone outcrop. The ground colour • is hght 

 stone, with markings more distinct than usual. 

 Uroadiis aiidax {caricn). Western Wedge-tailed Eagle. 



Pair of eggs taken 21st August, 1920, from a nest composed of 

 sticks and hned with green leaves, placed on the spur of a pre- 

 cipitous cliff on the west side of the island, overlooking the Indian 

 Ocean. This is probably the most western set of Australian 

 Eagles' eggs on record ; they are of average dimensions. One is 

 heavily blotched with brownish-red at the smaller end ; the 

 other has a few markings of the same colour at the larger end only. 



Cerchneis cenchroides {unicolor). Nankeen Kestrel. 



Set of ftve very richly marked eggs taken nth September, 

 • 1920, lying on bare sand in a cavity in a limestone headland on 

 the west side of the island ; probabh- a farthest west record for the 

 Nankeen Kestrel. 

 Phalacrocorax hy-poleiiciis, Brandt [Hypoleiicits varius pt'rlhi). 



Clutch of three eggs, which present no difference in shape or 

 size from specimens obtained on other coasts of Australia. The 

 birds were found breeding in a great colony on Quoin Bluff. The 

 nests, made of small twigs, were placed on the remains of bushes 

 growing on the slope of the cliffs. Thousands of young, in various 

 stages of growth, were noted. Date, 19th August, 1920. 



My collection contains a set of four eggs taken by Mr. Whitlock 

 at Barrow Island, 25th August, 1918. 

 Sterna nereis, Gould [Slernula nereis hoiiu. Mathews). 



Clutch of two eggs taken 23rd Septenihei-, 1920, on Peron 

 Peninsula, laid in slight hollow in Ixire sand. Dimensions of an 

 average-sized q§,q, 1.41 x s)-j. 



In size, shape, and colour I notice no difi'ereuce from typical 

 eggs taken at Kangaroo Island, S..A. 



