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constructs a frail nest of sticks, and places it upon the lower 
branches of a thickly foliaged tree. Eggs two in number for a 
sitting, oval in form, of a delicate fleshy-white. Dimensions of a 
set taken by Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, Queensland, 
during 1883 :—length (A) 1*12 x 0 85 inch; (B) 1'9 x 0'83 inch. 
Specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, taken in New 
South Wales, measures as follows :— length (A) 1 *07 x 086 inch ; 
(B) 1-06 x 085 inch. 
JJab. Derby, N.W. Australia, Port Darwin and Port Essington, 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 
District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, 
New South Wales, South Australia. ( Ramsay.) 
Genus GEOPELIA, Swainson. 
GEOPELIA TRANQUILLA, Gould. 
Peaceful Dove. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 472, p. 144. 
« The nest, like that of all the members of this genus, is a frail 
scanty structure of a few sticks and twigs placed usually near the 
end of a bushy bough, or top of a broken ofl thick limb, ihey 
are slightly larger than those of G. cuneala, oval in form and of a 
pure white colour. Length O'S x 0'6 ; O'/ 8 x 0'58. Dobv. Mus, 
{Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., Vol. vii., p. 54.) 
These birds were very plentiful on the Bell River, Now South 
Wales, during August 1887. 
Hab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Rockingham Bay, Port 
Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Austialia. 
{Ramsay.) 
