22 PSITTACID.E. 



Cyanorhamphus auriceps (KuhT). 



Platycercus auriceps, duller, B. New Zeal 2nd ed. i.p. 142 (1888). 

 Cyanorhamphus auriceps, Salvad. Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 587 (1891) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 179 (1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. ii. p. 40 



(1900). 



Three eggs of the Yellow-fronted Parrakeet measure respectively : 

 95 by -75 ; -89 by -75 ; -91 by -79. 



3. New Zealand. W. JRadcliffe Saunders/ Esq. [P.]. 



Genus NYMPHICUS, Wagl. 



Nymphicus cornutus (G-m.). 



Nymphicus cornutus, E. L. $ E. L. C. Layard, Ibis, 1882, p. 524 ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p 591 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 179 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 40 (1900). 



An egg of the Horned Parrakeet measures 1 by -8. 



1. New Caledonia, 15th Oct. (E. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Layard). 



Genus MELOPSITTACUS, Gould. 

 Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaiu). 



Melopsittacus undulatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 81 (18G5) ; 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 264 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xx. p. 594 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 179 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, JJand-l. ii. p. 41 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, ii. p. 656 (1901). 



The eggs of the Undulated Grass-Parrakeet measure from '66 to 

 75 in length, and from -57 to -6 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Australia. T. Bakewell, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Australia (Gould Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PEZOPORUS, /%. 

 Pezoporus terrestris (Shaw). 



Pezoporus formosus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 86 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 265 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xx. p. 596 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml.. p. 179 (1899); 

 Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 658 (1901). 



Pezoporus terrestris, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 41 (1900). 



The eggs of the Green Ground-Parrakeet measure from -92 to 

 1.17 in length, and from '74 to '9 in breadth. 



