THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length, 206 mm. ; culmen, 18 ; wing, 115 ; tail, 
68 ; tarsus, 18. 
Nest.* “ A slightly-built platform, about 2| inches in diameter, composed of small sticks ” 
(Campbell). 
Eggs. “ Clutch, one ; eUipticaUy inclined, with occasionally one end peculiarly pointed ; 
texture of shell fine, except at the smaller end, which is somewhat granular ; surface 
slightly glossy ; colour, pure white. Dimensions in inches, 1.2 to 1.18 by .86 to .85 ” 
(Campbell). 
Breeding season. October to February (Ramsay). 
I CAN find no account of the life-history of this sub-species. 
Specimens in my collection from Savu Island, near Timor, do not difier 
from those from the Northern Territory. 
The bird figured and described is from the latter locality, and was collected 
in the jungle at Koparlgoo, near the South Alligator River, Northern Territory, 
by Mr. J. T. Tunney on October lOth, 1903. 
* Mr. Le Souef says the nest is placed about 8 feet from the ground. 
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