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taining two, in the same locality on the 14th of December* ; and in a note to myself he adds that 

 he has seen the young as early as the middle of October. The eggs are of an elegant ovoido- 

 conical form, measuring 1*8 inch in length by 1*3 in breadth, and of a warm yellowish-brown 

 colour, handsomely marked over the entire surface with conspicuous spots of brownish black. 

 There are good comparative series of the eggs of both this and the preceding species in the 

 Canterbury Museum ; and the difference they exhibit is very manifest to the eye, although not 

 easily described. 



* Trans. N. Z. Instit. 1869, vol. ii. p. 70. 



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