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and lined with Eucalyptus leaves ; sometimes the birds take 
possession of an old crow’s nest of the previous year. The eggs 
are two in number for a sitting, but not unfrequently only one 
is found ; the ground colour is dull white, with a few smears of 
bufi ; length (A) 2 - 2 x 1'8 inches, (B) 2 - 2 x 1-83 inches; each 
taken from different nests of one each. (Mr. Bennett's Coll.) 
(P.L.S., N.S.W., Vol. vii., p. 412. Ramsay.) 
Specimens of these eggs in my collection, taken by Mr. Geo. 
Barnard, of Cooinooboolaroo, Queensland, in 1883, are similar in 
colour but not quite as rounded in form ; they measure as follows : 
length (A) 2‘22 x 1-7 inches; (B) 2T7 x Iff inches. 
I lab. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, 
Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 
Interior, W. &S.W. Australia, Soutli Coast N. Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
Genus HALIAETUS. 
HALIAETUS LEUCOGASTER, Gmel. 
White-bellied Sea Eagle. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 3, p. 13. 
The White-bellied Sea Eagle is found at intervals all along the 
coast-line of Australia frequenting the bays, inlets, and estuaries 
of rivers. Its nest is a large flat structure composed of sticks, 
and lined with finer twigs, the site chosen for its situation is very 
variable, at times being placed on a lofty Eucalyptus, the top of 
a thick mangrove, and on the summit of a rock. Although 
finding several nests of this species, I was never fortunate enough 
to have the pleasure of taking the eggs myself, the nests I saw 
at all times being placed out of the way of any one desirous of 
taking them. Two eggs taken by Mr. Ralph Hargrave, at 
Wattamolla, New South Wales, from different nests, are white 
smeared with light yellowish buff, or stained with dull light 
brownish yellow, one specimen (B) has only light yellowish smears 
