Four or five eggs are laid, the average length being one inch and three-quarters, and the 

 breadth one inch and three-eighths. In colour they are while, spotted with reddish-brown. Strange to 

 say, it is quite easy to remove these marks by wetting them, 



The sexes are alike in colour. 



The forehead 18 white ; Upper surface, dark grey ; wing-feathers, brownish-grey, secondaries 

 margined with white, tail, grey, the outer feathers tinged with brown; under surface, greyish-white ; 

 onjfthe under surface of the w ing is a broad mark of black, in the form of the letter V ; hides, 

 reddish-orange ; bill, black ; feet, yellow. 



Habitat : Interior of Australia. 



