Vol. 11. 

 1902 



1 Le Souef, Birds' -eggs frotn Norther?i Australia. 93 



scrub, and build their loose nests of grass and fibres on the 

 ground, generally alongside a log or stone. Their eggs are easily 

 distinguishable from those of other Pittas, being white, with a 

 few very dark brown and almost black markings, mostly on the 

 larger end ; some have many more markings than others. The 

 spots beneath the surface are lilac. Four is a full clutch. They 

 are glossy, and measure — A, (i) i.oi x.85,(2) 1.03 x .84, (3) i x 

 .83,(4) I X.85 ; B, (i) I X.80, (2) I.OI x.8i,(3) 1.03 X. 81, (4) 1.06 

 X .yZ inch. The dates are from December to February. 



EUROSTOPUS GUTTATUS (Spotted Nightjar). 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. xvi., p. 608. 



Only two eggs of this bird were found, laid, as usual, on the 

 bare ground on a stony ridge, on the 17th and 21st October. 

 They are a delicate green with a few dark markings on, and 

 measure — A, 1.3 1 x .93 ; B, 1.29 x .91 inches. 



Alcyone AZUREA, sub-species PULCHRA (Purple Kingfisher). 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. xvii., p. 169. 



On 13th and 23rd April two nests were found in a burrow in 

 the bank of a stream, with five eggs in each nest. They are a 

 beautiful glossy white, rounded in form, and measure — (i) .^6 x 

 .6Z; (2) .80 X .72; (3) .81 X .71 ; (4) .81 X .72; (5) .82 x .68 

 inch. The measurements of the second clutch are almost 

 identical. 



Trichoglossus. RUBRITORQUES (Red-collared Lorikeet). 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p. 60. 

 Several nests of these birds were found in hollow spouts in 

 eucalyptus trees, the eggs being laid on the decomposed wood, 

 and they soon get stained. They are rounded and pure white, 

 with no gloss, and measure — A, (i) i.oi x .85, (2) 1.02 x .84; 

 B, (i) 1.05 X .86, (2) 1.02 _x .83 ; C, (i) 1.03 X .85, (2) i.oi x .84 

 inches. The dates on which they were found are 22nd Decem- 

 ber, 6th January, and 6th April. 



Cacatua galerita (White Cockatoo). 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p. 116. 



Three nests of these birds were found, on 2nd and 22nd May 

 and 2nd July, and each contained one t'g^. They are pure 

 white, elongated in form, and measure — A, 1.92 x 1.27 ; B, 1.82 

 x 1.30 ; C, 1.70 X 1.22 inches. 



Platycercus BROWNI (Smutty Parrakeet). 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. xx., p. 549. 

 A nest of this bird was found on ist July with one fresh &g^ 

 in, the full clutch probably not having been laid. The &^^ was 

 deposited on the decomposed wood at the bottom of a hollow in 

 a branch of a eucalyptus tree. It is white, slightly glossy, some- 

 what rounded in shape, and measures .99 x .82 inch. 



