ground colour of fche eggs ia cither very pair buff, or greyish-white, spotted with dark brownish-red 

 or light red. and also having some few faint blotches of grey. The medium length is about one and 

 a quarter inches, and the breadth nine lines. 



There is very little difference in the outward appearance of the sexes. 



The male has a line over the eye. a patch on each side of the neck, a patch on the wings, 

 the tips of the secondaries, the abdomen, rump, and basal portion of the tail, white; the rest of the 

 plumage, black : irides, yellowish-white ; bill, light yellowish-buff; legs and feet, blackish-brown. 



The female differs in having the forehead and chin white. 



Habitat: All the colonies of Australia. 



