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Genus ERYTHRURA, Swains. 



Erythrura psittacea (Gmel.). 



Erythrura psittacea, Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 260, 1882, p. 522 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat Birds B. M. xiii. p. 382 (1890); Butler, Foreign Finches in 

 Capt. p. 165 (1894) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 127 (1901), p. 334 

 (1910) j Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 448 (1909). 



The eggs of the Parrot-Finch are of a pointed oval form, devoid 

 of gloss, and plain white. Four examples laid in confinement 

 measure respectively : -67 by -49 ; '64 by -46 ; '72 by -5 ; and -69 

 by -49. The other two eggs are shorter and broader; they measure 

 *6 by '51, and '55 by '49. 



4. Laid in confinement. A. Wiener, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Noumea, New Caledonia (E. L. Crowley Bequest. 

 Layard : Tristram Coll.). 



Erythrura trichroa (KittL). 



Erythrura trichroa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 385 (1890) ; 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 6 (1900); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 448 

 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 335 (1910). 



Two eggs of ICittlitz's Parrot-Finch are of a rather wide pointed 

 oval shape, pure white, and devoid of gloss. They measure 

 respectively '66 by '5, and -67 by '5. 



2. Ruck, Carolines, 2nd June (A. Crowley Bequest. 

 Owstori) . 



Genus NEOCHMIA, Bonap. 

 Neochmia phaeton (Homlr. 



Neochmia phaeton, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 415 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 163 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 389 (1890) ; Le Souef, Viet. Nat. xvi. p. 69 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds', i. p. 499 (1901) ; North, Nests fy Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, ii. p. 300 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 450 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 335 (1910). 



Eggs of the Crimson Finch are of a regular oval form, plain 

 white, and devoid of gloss. They vary from -59 to '66 in length, and 

 from *44 to '46 in breadth. 



2. North Queensland, 6th Jan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. North Queensland, 3rd Feb. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



