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the nests were about throe feet flown the trunk, and apertures 
had to be made in the trees with an axe, so as to secure the eggs, 
In no instance were the nests found in the limbs or spouts, but 
always in the main trunk of the tree. Mr. Lane lias obtained in 
all six nests, four of which contained a single egg in each, the 
other two single young birds. Five nests were found during the 
months of March and April, and one in May; they were all 
obtained on the Springs and Wambangalang Stations, about 
twenty-six miles South-west of Dubbo. 
The egg is an ellipse in form, slightly swollen at one end, pure 
white, the texture of the shell fine but lustreless ; upon look¬ 
ing closely into the shell very minute pittings may be observed. 
Length 1-82 x 1 "37 inch. Taken on the Springs Station at the 
latter end of April, 1880. 
Hah. Eastern and South-eastern Australia. 
EUPITEMA PETROPIITLA, Gould. 
Rock-Parrakeet. 
(Jould, Ilondbk., lids. Austr., Yol. ii., sp. 435, p. 7G. 
This species is plentifully dispersed over the coast line of South 
and South-western Australia, and the contiguous islands. Gilbert 
found it breeding “in the holes of the most precipitous cliffs,” on 
Rottnest and other islands near Swan lliver in Western Australia. 
Mr. A. H. 0. Zietz, the Assistant Director of the Adelaide 
Museum, was also successful in procuring specimens of these 
birds as well as the eggs in September 1800, on Spilsby Island, 
one of the Sir Joseph Bank’s Group in Spencer’s Gulf, South 
Australia, where he found this species breeding in holes in 
the flat, sandy, soil. Mr. Zietz also informs me that he has 
observed these birds on the tops of the rocks near the shore at 
Aldinga Bay, and that at the present time live specimens are 
exhibited for sale in the bird dealer’s shops at Adelaide. The 
Trustees of the Australian Museum have recently received from 
the Adelaide Museum, some of the specimens procured by Mr. 
