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1903 



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visitors, in supporting the motion, said the camp had been a 

 revelation and genuine surprise to them. 



On the eighth day (Saturday, 29th November) the most 

 dehghtful of dehghtful camps — the weather had been all that 

 could be desired the whole time — was struck. Ten members 

 returned to town overland, a similar number going round by the 

 Albert, which was waiting at the Cowes jetty. 



The report and recommendations of the visits to the various 

 Mutton-Bird rookeries, all of which were inspected, will form the 

 subject of a separate article later. 



Descriptions of Birds^-eggs from the Port Darwin 

 District, Northern Australia. 



By D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., &c., Melbourne. 

 Part II. 



Uroaetus audax (Wedge-tailed Eagle). 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. i., p. 231 ; Gould's Handbook, \ol. i. 

 p. 8, sp. I. 



Only one egg of this bird was found, in a large stick nest, 

 built in a eucalyptus tree; it is marked all over with light- 

 coloured blotches of a purplish hue, is lustreless, and measures 

 2.75 X 2.28 inches. Date, 25th January. 



Astur APPROXIMANS (Australian Goshawk). 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. i., p. 126 ; Gould's Handbook, vol. i., p. 41, 

 sp. 17. 



This bird was found nesting on 28th September, and its three 

 fresh eggs secured after a difficult climb. Two of them are 

 bluish-white, without any markings, but the third specimen has 

 a few brown, irregular blotches distributed over it, especially on 

 the smaller end. The eggs are without gloss, and measure— 

 A, 2.03 X 1.36; B, 1.87 X 1.48; C, 1.84 X 1.46 inches. 



NiSAETUS MORPHNOIUES (Little Eagle). 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus., vol. i., p. 254; Gould's Handbook, vol. i., p. 11, 

 sp. 2. 



' Nine nests of these Eagles were found, on the following 

 dates: — 14th (2), 19th, and 25th May; 1st (2), 3rd, 6th, and 

 9th June ; and in each case there was only one egg in the nest, 

 showing that they more often lay one than two. The eggs have 

 no gloss, and are dull white in colour, two of them having a few 

 markings of light reddish-brown spots ; in three a few light 

 buff longitudinal markings are present ; while the rest are plain 

 dirty white. All are more or less stained by the parent bird 

 when being laid, as is common with most Hawks' eggs. They 

 measure — A, 2.20 x 1.70 ; B, 2.22 x 1.80; C, 2.36 x 1.72; 

 0,2.24x1.71; E, 2.25 X 1.70; F, 2.26x1.76; 0,2.35x1.74; 

 H, 2.21 x 1.72 ; I, 2.2! x 1.70 inches. 



