No. 2] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD. 53 



DESCRIPTION OP NEW OR HITHERTO 



UNDESCRIBED EGGS OP SOME AUSTRALIAN 



BIRDS. 



The descriptions of the following eggs of some of the 

 new birds lately described by me in the Nov. Zool., 1912, 

 Vol. XVIII. , pp. 171 et seq., are believed to be brought 

 forward for the first time. The number following the 

 name of the species is the number in the above Reference 

 List. 



1. Dromiceius novce-hollandice woodwardi (2). Clutch, 

 eleven ; ground-colour light green, covered with numerous 

 irregular-shaped nodules of dark green ; 129-135 mm. 

 by 82-91. Collected May 21st, 1911, near Wyndham. 



2. Megapodius duperreyi assimilis (6). An outer film 

 of dark brown covers the hard, white shell ; 85-86 mm. 

 by 53-54. North Barnard Islands, 20.11.91. 



3. Leipoa ocellata rosince (8). Eggs covered with an 

 outer film of pink, beneath which is a thicker one of dark 

 brown, and below this the shell is white ; 91-92 mm. 

 by 60-61. Victoria. 



4. Alectura lathami robinsoni (10). White, covered 

 with a dark film, rough to the touch ; 90-93 mm. by 58-62. 

 Queensland. 



5. Coturnix pectoralis prcetermissa (13). Ground- 

 colour pale stone ; sparingly blotched with dark brown ; 

 29-30 mm. by 23-25. These eggs are not so dark-coloured 

 as the eastern ones. Broome Hill, W.A. 



6. Coturnix australis rogersi (17). Dull white, without 

 markings. 26.5-28 mm. by 20-21.5. 



7. Excalfactoria chinensis victories (19a). Ground- 

 colour dark stone, minutely covered with spots of dull 

 reddish-brown ; 23-24 mm. by 18-19. Victoria. 



