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either end. A set of lour taken by the late Mr. K. II. iJennelt, at Vandeniliah Station, in the 

 Lachlan District, New South Wales, on the 22nd July, I'^-^^'h measures ;— Length (A) 1-47 x 

 1-2 inches; (B) 1-55 x 1-22 inches; (C) 1-5 x 1-23 inches; (n)i-5 x i-2 inches. The latter 

 egg is reproduced on Plate B. X\T., Iigure 11. .\ .set of lour taken in the same locality on the 

 l6th September, 1890, measures: — Length (.-\) 1-45 x rig inches; (B) 1-54 x 1-22 inches ; (C) 



1-5 x i'2 inches; (D) f49 x 

 1-25 inches. The latter specimen 

 is reproduced on Plate B. XVL, 

 figure 1 "2. A set of four taken by 

 Or. W. Macgillivray and Mr. 

 W. McLennan at Valcowinna 

 Creek, thirty-hxe miles north of 

 Broken Hill, in South-western 

 New South Wales, on the gth 

 September, 1907, measures: — 

 Length (A) 1-44 x 1-17 inches; 

 (B) f4 X i-ih inches; (C) 1-43 x 

 1-15 inches; (U) 1-42 x 1-2 inches. 

 A set of five taken in the same 

 locality onthe 13th October, 1906, 

 measures: — Length (.\) 1-31 x 

 1-2 inches; (B) r52 x fig 

 inches; (C) I'^z x 1-15 inches; 

 (L)) 1-47 x 1-22 inches; (E) 1-43 

 X f22 inches. 



Recently hatched young are 

 clothed in pure white down, bill 

 and cere white, legs and feet 

 pale yeilow. 



Young birds resemble the adult 

 female, Imt ha\e the feathers of 

 the rump and the upper tail- 

 coverts rufous, which together 

 with those of the lower back 

 have blackish sagittate markings 

 in the centre; tips of all the(]uills 

 pale rufous, passing into white 

 on the extreme edge; scapulars, 

 greater wing-coverts and inner- 

 most secondaries rufous, with 

 broad blackish cross-bars ; tail- 

 feathers rich rufous, more broadly 

 barred with black, and with large 

 whitish tips washed with rufous; head and hind-neck and upper backlight rufous, streaked 

 with black more broadly on the latter; chin, cheeks and throat white, with a blackish 

 malar stripe; remainder of the under surface dull white, with narrow blackish shaft-stripes, 

 the foreneck, upper breast and sides of the body pale cream washed with warm buff; under 

 tail-coverts dull white; under wing-coverts pure white. Total length 10-5 inches, wing 6-6, 

 tail 4-4. 



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