EUDYPTULA. 
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are oval in form, slightly pointed at both ends. Dimensions of a 
set in the Australian Museum Collection : — length (A) 1 -37 x 0-98 
inch; (B) 1-4 x 0-98 inch; (C) 1-38 x 0-95 inch; (D) 1-34 x 
0'95 inch. 
Specimens in the Dobroyde Collection taken by Mr. James 
Ramsay, on the Merule, on the 30th of September 1867, measures 
as follows : — length (A) 1-47 x 1 inch; (B) 1-46 x 0'98 inch ; (C) 
.1-35 x 0-96 inch ; (D) 1-5 x 0-97 inch. 
A set taken at Albert Park, outlie 28th of October 1874, gave 
the following measurements: — length (A) 1-5x1 inch; (B) 1-48 x 
0-98 inch ; (C) 1-47 x 0-98 inch ; (D) 1-42 x 0-95 inch ; (E) 1-4 x 
0-97 inch. 
Eggs of this species have been taken in the early part of 
September and also in the latter end of February, November and 
December however are the usual months for breeding. 
Hah. Derby, N.-W. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Rockingham 
Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond 
and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria 
and South Australia, Tasmania, South Coast New Guinea. 
(Ramsay.) 
Family SPHENISCID^l. 
Genus EUDYPTULA, Bonaparte. 
EUDYPTULA MINOR, Forst. 
Little Penguin. 
Gould, Handblc. Bds. Aust , Vol. ii., sp., 669, p. 518. 
This bird is plentifully dispersed over the south coast of 
Australia, the islands of Bass’s Straits, and Tasmania. In company 
with the Rev. J. D. Nicholson of Cowes, Phillip Island, Western 
Port, I procured a great number of the eggs of this species on the 
25th of October 1883, near the “ Nobbys,” about ten miles distant 
from Cowes. At that time some of the burrows contained fresh 
eggs, and others young birds, resembling balls of slaty-black down, 
