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Through the courtesy of Mr. George Beazley, I am enabled 

 to describe this and the foregoing beautiful Parrakeet's eggs 

 from the Adelaide Museum collection. The eggs were collected 

 by the late Mr. F. W. Andrews. 



430. PsEPHOTUs MULTICOLOR — (Varied Parrakeet). Zo- 

 cahYy —Queens\a.nd, New South Wales, Victoria, Interior, and 

 South Australia. Eg^ — White, oval in form, surface vrye 

 slightly granulated. Length, ii^ to ii| lines; breadth, 8^ to 

 '9 lines. 



A set is generally five eggs, which are deposited in a hole of 

 a tree during the months of September and October. Mr. James 

 G. M'Dougall kindly forwarded me examples of this species. 

 He is recording carefully the oological notes of Yorke Peninsula, 

 South Australia. If persons so situated were to emulate Mr. 

 M'Dougall by working up in their respective districts the 

 breeding habits of birds we should very shortly possess a com- 

 plete Australian Oology. 



459. Chalcophaps chrysochlora — (Little Green Fruit 

 Pigeon). Locality — North Australia, Queensland, New South 

 Wales, Victoria, and New Guinea. Egg — Cream colour, or of a 

 stoney tinge; a stout oval, both ends almost alike. Length, i 

 inch f line ; breadth, 9I- lines. 



By the kind permission of Mr. George Barnard, Queensland, 

 I describe the Little Green Pigeon's &gg from his collection. 

 The eggs, two in number, were taken from a stick-made nest at 

 ■" Coomooboolaroo," about the beginning of February, 1887, 

 one of which was exhibited here on 8th August following. 



47 1 . Erythrauchena humeralis — (Barred - shouldered 

 Dove). Locality — North Australia, Queensland, New South 

 Wales, and New Guinea. Egg — Pure white, roundish oval in 

 shape, texture of shell fine, with surface somewhat slightly 

 polished. Dimensions in lines of a clutch of two give — (i) 

 12J X 9f ; (2) 12 X 9f. (This cancels my previous description, 

 dimensions of which were scarcely accurate.) 



The eggs now described were taken by me, 4th August, 1885, 

 near Cardwell township, Northern Queensland. The nest, 

 upon which the female was sitting at the time, was constructed 

 of twigs, and was situated about eight or ten feet from the 

 ground, in a bushy tree not far from the beach. 



493. Dromaius irroratus — (Spotted Emu). Locality — 

 West Australia. Egg — Of the usual elliptical form, both ends 

 being alike, and superficially in appearance like shagreen or 

 rough American cloth. General colour of a beautiful dark 

 green, but, if examined closely, the raised, rough particles of 

 shell only will be found to be dark green, and which, at certain 

 angles of light, assume a very dark indigo, while the interstices 

 are of a light green. Average dimensions of a clutch of seven — 

 5i X 3f inches. 



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