DESCRIPTIONS OF NESTS AND EGGS. 
Cyanoramphus novcezelandice. RED-FRONTED PARAKEET. 
Mathews, ante , pp. 25-26. 
Platycercus nowezelandl® Buller, Birds New Zealand, 2nd ed., Vol. I., p. 137, pi. 16, 1888. 
Nest. The eggs are deposited on the decayed wood in a hollow tree. Sometimes in the holes or 
crevices of rocks. 
Eggs. Clutch three to seven ; white, surface granulated, sometimes with minute limy excrescences 
near the larger end. 27 mm. by 22. 
Breeding-season. November and December. 
Cyanoramphus novcezelandice verticalis (Latham). 
Cyanoramphus cooki Gray. Norfolk Island Parakeet. Hull, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. 
XXXIV., p. 676, March 12th, 1910. 
Nest. In hollows of dead trees. 
Eggs. Clutch two ; creamy-white, surface dull. 23 to 28 mm. by 20 to 24. 
Breeding-season. October to February. 
Collocalia fuciphaga . UNIFORM SWIFTLET. 
Zoonava fuciphaga Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. in., p. 244, August 26th, 1918. 
Collocalia fuciphaga Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, Vol. IV., p. 348, July, 1928. 
Nest. A very shallow saucer, made almost entirely of feathers glued together with saliva, and 
almost solely of this material round the edges and where it is fastened to the wall of the 
cave. Measurements, 2^ inches where it is fixed to the wall of the cave and 1J at its widest 
part. The birds nest in small colonies and the nest is placed on the side of the cave. 
Eggs. Clutch two ; white. Average measurements 21*8 mm. by 14*5. 
Breeding-season. March and April (North Cachar). 
Alrichornis clamosa. 
NOISY SCRUB BIRD. 
Atrichia clamosa Gould, Le Souef, Ibis, July 1900, p. 462. 
Bahcinta clamosa Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VIII., pt. i., p. 30, May 5th, 1920. 
Nest. Placed on the ground alongside the root of a eucalyptus-tree, "which w T as about seven inches 
out of the ground. Dome-shaped, constructed of grass and rootlets with a few leaves , 
lined with a white downy-looking substance. Measurements : 81 inches in height, 5^ wide. 
Eggs. Clutch two. Swollen-oval in shape ; ground-colour reddish-white ; the markings are purplish- 
brown, more plentiful on the larger end, where they are confluent. The markings beneath 
the surface are light purple. 22—23 mm. by 17—18. 
Breeding-season. October (Albany, South-west Australia). 
Lamprococcyx russatus Gould, Mack, Emu, Vol. XXIX., p. 302, April 1st, 1930. 
Egg. Pointed elongate-oval in shape ; texture fine, surface glossy ; the colour not uniform, 
varying between light buffy-olive and buffy-olive, minutely freckled with very dark brown 
The latter colour is more pronounced at either^end, and is m the form of a narrow band 
round the pointed end. Dimensions 20 b} r 12'5 mm. 
Breeding-season. October [and November] (Cardwell, North Queensland). 
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