278 OOLUMBIPJE, 



constructs a frail nest of sticks, and places it upon the lower 

 branches of a thickly foliaged tree. Eggs two in number for a 

 sitting, oval in form, of a delicate fleshy-white. Dimensions of a 

 set taken by Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, Queensland, 

 during 1883 :— length (A) M2 x 85 inch; (B) 1-9 x 0-83 inch. 



Specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, taken in New 

 South Wales, measures as follows : — length (A) 1'07 x 0'86 inch; 

 (B) 1-06 X 0-85 inch. 



Sab, Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 

 District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, 

 New South Wales, South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



Genus GEOPELIA, Swainson. 



GEOPELIA TRANQUILLA, Gould. 

 Peaceful Dove. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 472, p. 144. 



" The nest, like that of all the members of this genus, is a frail 

 scanty structure of a few sticks and twigs placed usually near the 

 end of a bushy bough, or top of a broken off thick limb. They 

 are slightly larger than those of O. cuneata, oval in form and of a 

 pure white colour. Length 0-8 x 0-6 ; 0-78 x 0-58. Dohr. Mus." 

 {Bamaay, P.L.S., N.S. TT.,, Vol. vii., p. 54.) 



These birds were very plentiful on the Bell River, New South 

 Wales, during August 1887. 



Hob. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Rockingham Bay, Port 

 Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 

 {Bamsay.) 



