184 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



eggs, which were two. Tree, stringy-bark, and nest about 70 feet 

 from the ground. The bird being very aggressive, I had to use 

 my left hand to keep her off. I could feel the wind on my face 

 from her wings as she flew past, and on more than one occasion 

 her wing feathers touched my hand, she uttering a piercing cry 

 the while. The eggs were taken on 9th of October. Locality — 

 A dark gully on Mount Falkiner." 



The first White Goshawk's nest reported to me was from South 

 Gippsland in 1884, but it contained young. 



It will be noticed that the White Goshawk's eggs resemble 

 exactly in character and size those of the Grey or New Holland 

 Goshawk (Astur cinereus) previously described by me. The 

 birds are closely allied. Some persons believe one to be the 

 albino variety of the other, which idea, however, is erroneous. 



70. Alcyone diemenensis — (Tasmanian Kingfisher). Lo-^ 

 cality — Tasmania. Egg — Beautiful, polished white ; form, some- 

 what round; texture of shell, very fine. Length, ii:^ lines; 

 breadth, 9^ lines. 



This is from an ^gg of three taken on the authority of Mr. 

 E. D. Atkinson, of this Club, from a hole drilled into the bank 

 of the Rubicon River, on the north-west coast of Tasmania. 

 The other two eggs measured each 11x9 lines. 



10 1. Cracticus leucopterus — (White - winged Crow 

 Shrike). Locality — West Australia. Egg — Similar to but 

 slightly smaller than C. torquatus and C. cinereus \ of a warm, 

 greenish, stone-coloured ground, speckled and lightly blotched 

 with reddish and purplish brown, thickest about the upper 

 quarter where the colours co-mingle and form the usual zone. 

 Dimensions of a clutch — (i) i inch 3 lines x loj lines; (2) \ 

 inch if lines x 10^ lines ; and (3) i inch 2 lines x gf lines. 



408. PoLYTELis MELANURA — (Blacked-tailed Parrakeet). 

 Locality — New South Wales, Victoria, South and West Aus- 

 tralia, and Interior. Egg — Comparatively large for the size of 

 the bird, stout oval in form, of a soft white colour, with surface 

 of shell very finely granulated. Length, i inch i\ to z\ lines ;: 

 breadth, 1 1| lines. 



This lovely Parrot is sometimes vulgarly known as the 

 "Smoker" as well as "Rock Pebble," and is frequently found, 

 breeding in company with other Parrots in hollow trees over- 

 hanging the Wimmera, Avoca, and other rivers. 



414. Platycercus zonarius — (Banded Parrakeet). Locality 

 — Victoria, Interior, and South Australia. Egg — White, round 

 in form. Length, i inch \\ lines ; breadth, 10^ lines. 



416. Platycercus Adelaidensis — (Adelaide Parrakeet). 

 Locality — Interior and South Australia. Egg — White, some-- 

 what round in shape, shell thin, surface slightly granulated. 

 Length, i inch i line ; breadth, 1 1 lines. 



