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Mr. D. Le SoueP on Birds 



arc principally on the larger endj forming a zone, and on one 

 of the eggs there are scarcely any markings anywhere else, 

 but on the other the markings are more scattered over the 

 surface. They measure : — A 'ZSx '54, B '71 X -52 inch. 



4. Manucodia gouldi (Gray). (Gould's Manucode.) 

 Mr. H. G. Barnard found the nest and two eggs of this 

 species on January 23rd, 1897, near Somerset ; he states that 

 the birds were not numerous and that they were generally in 

 pairs. He shot a female in the beginning of December that 

 had laid an egg a short time previously, but though he 



Nest and Eggs of Manucodia f/onldi. 

 (From a photograph.) 



hunted about for some time he could not find the nest. 

 The birds were remarkably shy, aad it was impossible to get 

 near enough in the scrub to watch them. It is probable that 

 the egg of this bird will always be a rarity, as the nests are 



