DESCRIPTIONS OF NESTS AND EGGS 
OF 
Birds from Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. 
From Memoirs No. 2 of the Australian Museum; “ Lord Howe Island 55 , 
pp. 45 to 48, 1889, E. P. Ramsay; and Catalogue, No. 12, of the same Institu¬ 
tion, “ Nests and Eggs 55 , pp. 407 to 416,1890, A. J. North, I take the following:— 
Sauropatis sancta norfolkiensis . Ante, p. 27. 
Nest. A tunnel from eight to twelve inches in the side of a bank, or in the trunk of a tree fern, at 
the extremity of which a smaller chamber is formed, and the eggs laid on the bare soil or 
soft pulverised debris. 
Eggs. Clutch four or five ; rounded in form and pearly-white, the texture of the shell being fine 
and glossy. 25 to 28 mm. by 22 to 23. 
Breeding-season. September to December. 
Sauropatis sancta adamsi. Ante , p. 29. 
Nest. In the hollow limbs of trees. 
Eggs. Clutch five, rounded in form and of a beautiful pearly-white tint. 28 to 29 mm. by 23 to 24. 
Breeding-season. November. 
Petroica multicolor. Ante , p. 33. 
Nest. A round, deeply cup-shaped structure, composed of mosses, fibre and dried grasses, beauti¬ 
fully woven together and lined inside with hair, and is placed betw r een and built around a 
three-pronged upright branch, about four feet from the ground. 
Eggs. Clutch three or four, oval in form, of a dull greyish-white colour with irregular shaped 
markings, freckles and dots of different shades of greyish and wood-brown, with obsolete 
markings of dull bluish--grey, the markings as usual predominating on the thicker end. 
The entire appearance of the egg is dull and lustreless. 19 mm. by 15. 
Breeding-season. September to November. (October to January.) 
Royigerygone modesta. Ante , p. 36. 
Nest. A pointed oval, with an entrance in the side near the top, usually protected with a hood. 
Composed exteriorly of mosses, grasses, fibrous roots and spiders’ webs, warmly lined with 
feathers. Suspended by the top to the end of a slender hanging branch. 
Eggs. Clutch two to four, oval in form, rosy-white or white, thickly covered over the entire surface 
with minute red and pink-red markings. 17 mm. by 12. 
Breeding-season. October to December. 
Pachycephala xanthoprocta . Ante, p. 40. 
Nest. Open cup-shaped and constructed entirely of twigs and lined with dried grass, and is usually 
placed in low trees. 
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