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PSITTACIDiE . 
are generally two in number, of a pure white; their average 
length being one inch and three-quarters by one inch and three- 
eighths in breadth. The breeding season extends over the months 
of October, November, and December.” (Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. 
Aunt,., Vol. ii., p. 25.) 
Hah. Western Australia. 
Genus MICROGLOSSUM, Geoffroy. 
MICROGLOSSUM ATERRIMUM, Gmelin. 
Great Palm Cockatoo. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. ii., sp. 404, p. 27. 
“ An egg of this species was taken from the debris at the 
bottom of a hollow branch or bole of a tree about twenty-five feet 
from the ground, the bird was seen to fly from the nest, and when 
shot proved to be the female. The tree was situated in the open 
forest country on the Astrolabe Range. The egg is white, pointed 
at the thin end, rounded at the thicker end. Length 2 inches ; 
diameter near the thicker end l - 4 inch.” (Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. 
W., Vol. viii., p. 27.) 
Hab. Cape York in Australia, and the North-west, South and 
East Coasts of New Guinea. 
Genus CALOPSITTA, Lesson. 
CALOPSITTA NOV^E-HOLLANDliE, Wagler. 
Cockatoo-Parrakeet. 
Gould. Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol ii., sp. 440, p. 84. 
This species, the only one of the genus known, breeds in the 
hollow limbs or spouts of trees, depositing its eggs on the dry dust 
or decaying wood contained therein, the eggs are four to six in 
number, white, and in shape oval, pointed somewhat at the smaller 
