. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . the feet of the sittingbird. A set in the Australian Museum Collection of three eggs, received in exchange from H. Mellor, and taken by him on the Coorong, along the South Australian coast, on the istOctober, 1894, measure respectively:—Length (A) 3-58 x 2-27 inches : (B) 3-38 x 2-3 inches;(C) 353 X 2-2 inches. .V set of two taken by Dr. L. Holden, on the 2nd November, 1886, onPenguin Island, measures:—Length (.\) 3-6 x 2-17 inches; (B) 36 x 2-23 mches. Anotherset of two taken by him on the same date measures ;—Length (
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . the feet of the sittingbird. A set in the Australian Museum Collection of three eggs, received in exchange from H. Mellor, and taken by him on the Coorong, along the South Australian coast, on the istOctober, 1894, measure respectively:—Length (A) 3-58 x 2-27 inches : (B) 3-38 x 2-3 inches;(C) 353 X 2-2 inches. .V set of two taken by Dr. L. Holden, on the 2nd November, 1886, onPenguin Island, measures:—Length (.\) 3-6 x 2-17 inches; (B) 36 x 2-23 mches. Anotherset of two taken by him on the same date measures ;—Length (A) 4-02 x 2-2 inches; (B) 372X 2*52 inches. The breeding season in Eastern Australia and Tasmania usually commences at the latterend of September, and continues until the end of March. EXPLANATION OF PLATE A. IB. Breeding colony of Gannets (Sula serraior) on Cat Island, FurneauxGroup, Bass Strait. Reproduced from a photograpli taken by the lateMr. H. P. C. Ash worth. NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. PLATE A. 16. I- V I ( y 1/ > \ \ \, \ \ V .<»^ k. EXPLANATION OF PLATE A. 17. Young Pelicans Telecanus onspicillatus}. Reproduced from a photo-graph taken by the late Mr. H. P. C. Ashworth. XESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTItALIAN BIRDS. PLATE A. 17.
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