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the Birds of North Queensland. 
in October and November, has expanded to a large semi¬ 
circular collar some 80 mm. in diameter. 
Non-breeding birds have the iris yellow, feet and bill 
black, head and upper part of neck red, the remainder being 
yellow. 
Breeding birds have the iris brownish white, the feet 
yellow , the bill black, and the colours of the bare parts of 
the head and neck much brighter. 
We have also received a large series of eggs of this bird 
obtained in the latter part of November and the first half of 
December, the greatest number found in one mound being 
thirteen, with three chicks. 
The eggs are of a dull white colour, finely granulated in 
texture; they vary much in size, ranging from 94-104 mm. 
in length by 60-65 mm. in breadth, the average size being 
99 x 63 mm. 
106. Megapodius duperreyi Less. & Garn. ; Ogilvie 
Grant, t. c. p. 454; Le Souef, Ibis, 1899, pp. 14, 16. 
A single specimen from Cooktown and several from Cairns, 
with a large series of eggs from the latter locality, 
“ Iris brown; feet and legs orange, with black edges to 
the scutes; bill brown ” ( Olive ). 
The eggs are in shape a long oval, from 86'5-96 mm. in 
length and 51-56 mm. in breadth. When fresh they are 
coated with a delicate soft layer of pinky-brown material, 
which darkens to coffee-brown with age. It is very deciduous, 
and can be readily removed by moisture and rubbing. 
107. *Turnix ollvii Robinson, Bull. B. O. C. vol, x. 
p. xliii; id. Ibis, 1900, p. 375. 
We have as yet received only one female, from Cooktown, 
of this very distinct Bustard-Quail, which appears to have 
been hitherto confounded with T. castanonotus. It is, 
however, readily distinguishable by its considerably larger 
dimensions, and by the absence of white tips to the frontal 
feathers, and also, as Mr. Ogilvie Grant has kindly pointed 
out, by the longer and more slender bill. 
“ Iris yellow; feet yellow; bill brown ” [Olive), dull 
greenish olive in skin. 
