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nest is made externally of dry grass stems or fine twigs of 

 samphire, and lined with horse and cow hair; feathers are 

 not used. The egg cavity measures about If inches in dia- 

 meter by 1^ inches deep. The eggs are three or four in 

 number. In the south three is the usual number, but in the 

 north, if the season be good, four are generally laid. 



Eggs. — Ground colour white, sparingly marked , with 

 small rounded spots, varying in colour from deep red brown 

 to black. The spots are grouped mostly about the large end, 

 but only occasionally form a distinct ring. 



Average measurement of 14 eggs, 18.4 m.m. x 13.5 m.m. 



Largest egg, 19.0 m.m. x 14.0 m.m. 



Smallest egg, 17.0 m.m. x 13.0 m.m. 



A New Parrot for South Australia. 



By S. A. White, M.B.O.U. 



Barnardkis bamardi lindoi (subsp. n.). — Lindo's Ring-neck 

 Parrot. 



Frontal band, dark red; crown, dark brown, some of the 

 feathers tipped with bluish green; occiput, dark brown, crossed 

 by a deep band of light yellow; cheeks, bright greenish blue; 

 chest, bluish green; abdomen and under tail coverts, rich ver 

 diter green, centre of abdomen crossed by a deep band of bright 

 orange yellow; primaries, blackish brown, external margins 

 deep royal blue; secondaries, first four feathers blackish 

 brown, externally margined with greenish blue, the remainder 

 having the external margins deep green; wing coverts, first 

 three feathers very pale blue, basil half bluish brown, the 

 remaining feathers shading from light yellow to green; 

 shoulders, bright blue; spurious wing, deep royal blue; back, 

 greenish blue; two central tail feathers, rich green, slight 

 tinge of blue at the tip; the lateral feathers very pale blue, 

 basal half dark brown ; upper tail coverts, rich verditer green ; 

 bill, bluish white; feet, ashy grey. Type, a male, taken at Moo- 

 looloo, Flinders Range North, October 16th, 1915, by S. A. 

 White, and now in the "Wetunga" collection. 



The female is much duller in colouration all over; the 

 abdominal band showing quite a reddish tinge. 



