THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Mr. Gibson*, who found the nest and eggs above described, says, these birds 
were invariably restricted to the sandstone region, and although fairly 
numerous, they were never anywhere abundant. As a rule they were rather 
shy birds, and hard to flush, relying on their protective colour to hide them. 
When flushed they would rise with a loud whirr, and fly for a short distance, 
usuall}^ alighting on bare rocks. Over these they would run rapidly for a few 
yards, finally crouching down on a rock harmonising so well with their own 
colour, that it was difflcult to detect them. During the month of July, 1901, 
while in about Lat. 16° 17' S. and Long. 125° 21' E., I found two nests 
of this Pigeon, one on the 3rd July, the other on the 4th, each containing two 
fresh eggs, but unfortunately broke one egg of the last set taken.” 
Professor Collett| says few examples of this species were observed, and 
as a rule singly. They inhabited the broken sandstone ranges which are 
met with at the mouth of Victoria River (a little to the south of Arnhem Land). 
The specimen preserved was shot at Blunder Bay, near the outlet of the river 
in Queen’s Channel. 
The specimen figured and described is a female collected by Mr. J. P. Rogers 
at Parry’s Creek, in North-western Australia, on the 2nd of April, 1909. 
* Rec. Austr. Mus., V., p. 269 (1904), 
t P.Z.S., p. 354 (1898). 
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