APPENDIX. 
373 
APLONIS FUSCUS, Gould. 
Fuscous Aplonis. 
According to Mr. Saunders, the nidification of this bird is 
entirely different from that of the allied genus Calornis of the 
Australian continent, the birds resorting to the hollow branches of 
trees to construct their nests, several were found with young birds, 
but only one contained eggs. In every instance these nests were 
built of dried grasses, and placed in a hollow at the end of a 
branch. The eggs are usually four in number for a sitting, and vary 
somewhat in form, even in the same set; two eggs of one set are 
swollen ovals being thickest at the centre, and slightly pointed 
towards each end, the other two are long ovals, slightly tapering 
at one end only ; in colour they are of a pale bluish-green, freckled 
with markings of a reddish- and wood-brown tint, equally disposed 
over the surface of the shell, some of the markings are very 
indistinct. Length (A) 1'07 x 0'78 inch ; (B) 1'06 x 0'76 inch, 
(thick ovals); (0) 1T4 x 076 inch; (D) 1'12 x075 inch. 
llab. Lord Howe, and Norfolk Islands. 
CHALCOPHAPS CHRYSOOHLORA, Wagler. 
Little Green Pigeon. 
Gould, Ilandbk. lids. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 459, p. 118. 
The nest of this bird is composed of a few thin twigs placed 
crosswise on the horizontal branch of a tree, not far from the 
ground. The eggs are two in number, oval in form, of a light 
creamy-white colour, and give an average measurement of 1 '47 x 
0-8 inch. This bird previously plentiful upon the island, has 
already become very scarce, and will probably with other species, 
soon be exterminated by the islanders. 
llab. Lord Howe Island and Australia. 
