CATALOGUE 



OF 



B I R D S' EGGS. 



VOL. III. 



Sub-Class CARINAT^ffil." 



Order PSITTACIFOEMES. 



The eggs of the Parrots are invariably plain white. The shell 

 is firm and compact in texture and frequently pitted with smaU 

 pores. Typically the eggs are of an oval shape, but in every series 

 specimens of an elliptical or spheroidal fo/m are to be met with. 

 The shell seldom exhibits any large amount of gloss, and the eggs 

 of the majority of the species are completely devoid of it. 



Family NESTORIDJE. 



Genus NESTOR, Wagl. 



Nestor notabilis, GouM. 



JSestor notabilis, Potts, Tr. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. 86 (1870) ; Buller, Birds 

 New Zeal. 2ad ed. i.p. 166 (1888) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. 

 p. 4 (1891) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 1 (1900). 



The eggs of the Kea Parrot measure from 1-63 to 1-72 in length, 

 and from 1-22 to 1-32 in breadth. 



2. New Zealand. Crowley Bequest. 



4, Waia Kiver, New Zealand, Jan; Crowley Bequest. 



Nestor meridionalis (ffm.). 



Nestor meridionalis, Potts, Tr. N. Z. Inst. ii. p. 64 (1869) ; iii. p. 81 

 (1870) ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nded. i. p. 160(1888) ; Salvadori, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 5 (1891) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 1 (1900). 



VOL. III. B 



