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are oval in form, slightly pointed at both ends. Dimensions of a 

 set in the Australian Museum Collection :— length (A) 1-37 x 0-98 

 inch; (B) 1-4 x 0-98 inch; (C) 1-38 x 0-95 inch; (D) 1-34 x 

 0-95 inch. 



Specimens in the Dobroyde Collection taken by Mr. James 

 Ramsay, on the Merule, on the 30th of September 1867, measures 

 as follows :— length (A) 1-47 x 1 inch; (B) 1-46 x 0-98 inch; (C) 

 1-35 X 0-96 inch ; (D) 1-5 x 0-97 inch. 



A set taken at Albert Park, on the 28th of October 1874, gave 

 the following measurements: — length (A) 1-5x1 inch; (B) 1-48 x 

 0-98 inch; (C) 1-47 x 0-98 inch ; (D) 1-42 x 0-95 inch ; (E)l-4x 

 0-97 inch. 



Eggs of this species have been taken in the early part of 

 September and also in the latter end of February, November and 

 December however are the usual months for breeding. 



Sah. Derby, N. -W.Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham 

 Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond 

 and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 

 and South Australia, Tasmania, South Coast New Guinea. 



Family SPHENISCID^. 



Genus EUDYPTULA, Bonaparte. 



,^ EUDYPTULA MINOR, Forst. 



Little Penguin. 

 Oould, Handhh. Bds. Aust , Vol. ii., sp., 669, p. 518. 



This bird is plentifully dispersed over the south coast of 

 Australia, the islands of Bass's Straits, and Tasmania. In company 

 with the Rev. J. D. Nicholson of Cowes, Phillip Island, Western 

 Port, I procured a great number of the eggs of this species on the 

 25th of October 1883, near the " Nobbys," about ten miles distant 

 from Cowes. At that time some of the burrows contained fresh 

 eggs, and others young birds, resembling balls of slaty-black down, 



