NESTING. 



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The eggs, of which as many as four have been found in 

 one nest, are naturally rare and difficult to obtain. They 

 are about the size of the egg of a domestic pigeon, and in 

 appearance are white, with rough shell and no markings. 



KEA EGGS. 



Through the kindness of Dr. B. Moorhouse, Christchurch, 

 I am able to take notes from six eggs in his collection. 

 The results are given in the following table : — 



Long Broad 

 Length Breadth Circum. Circum. 



The eggs vary somewhat in shape and size, as can be seen 

 from the above table, but otherwise there seems to be very 

 little difference. 



The young birds stay in the nest for an exceptionally long 

 time. One correspondent states that he found young ones 

 in September and took them out of the nest in December ; and 



