254 PSITTACIDai. 



are generally two in number, of a pure white ; their average 

 length being one inch and three-quarters by one inch and three- 

 eighths in breadth. The breeding season extends over the months 

 of October, November, and December." (Gould, Handhk. Bds. 

 Aust., Vol. ii., p. 25.) 



Rah. Western Australia. 



Genus MICROGLOSSUM, Geoffroy. 



MICROGLOSSTJM ATERRIMUM, Gmelin. 

 Great Palm Cockatoo. 

 Oould, Handhk. Bds. Aiisi., Vol. ii., sp. 404, p. 27. 



" An egg of this species was taken from the debris at the 

 bottom of a hollow branch or bole of a tree about twenty-five feet 

 from the ground, the bird was seen to fly from the nest, and when 

 shot provqd to be the female. The tree was situated in the open 

 forest country on the Astrolabe Range. The egg is white, pointed 

 at the thin end, rounded at the thicker end. Length 2 inches ; 

 diameter near the thicker end 1'4 inch." (Samsay, P.L.S., If.S. 

 F.,Vol.viii., p. 27.) 



3ab. Cape York in Australia, and the North-west, South and 

 East Coasts of New Guinea. 



Genus CALOPSITTA, Lessor. 



h~L CALOPSITTA NOV^-HOLLANDIiE, Wagler. 

 Cookatoo-Parrakeet. 

 Gould. Eandhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 440, p. 84. ^X^^T y. 



This species, the only one of the genus known, breeds in the 

 hollow limbs or spouts of trees, depositing its eggs on the dry dust 

 or decaying wood contained therein, the eggs are four to six in 

 number, white, and in shape oval, pointed somewhat at the smaller 



