. Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon . nelegant tail about half that dimension. The name Large-tailed or BrownPigeon adequately describes the bird., but there may be mentioned theresplendent bronzy and purplish reflections on the feathei-s of the neck,the pinkish eyes with grey circle next the pupil, and the red feet. Thebirds are exceedingly tame. Sometimes I saw them on the road pickingup seeds, at other times perched on low by the wayside ; buttowards the evening the birds were jilenfiful nea
. Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon . nelegant tail about half that dimension. The name Large-tailed or BrownPigeon adequately describes the bird., but there may be mentioned theresplendent bronzy and purplish reflections on the feathei-s of the neck,the pinkish eyes with grey circle next the pupil, and the red feet. Thebirds are exceedingly tame. Sometimes I saw them on the road pickingup seeds, at other times perched on low by the wayside ; buttowards the evening the birds were jilenfiful near my quarters, comingout of the scnib to feed amongst the ink-weed (Pliytdhiccd). Whendisturbed, half-a-dozen, with showy expanded tails, may be seen alightingupon a single stump, where one may get at least a brace at a shot. Atthe discharge they all fly off to the scrub, but soon reappear for thetempting ben-ies of the plentiful ink-weed. The call of the PheasantPigeon is a low, monotonous lone, twice repeated. They sometimes nestin such suggestive places as tho centre of a birds nest fern or in the crownof a fi^ QZ W QZ o a; Q w a, o1^ NESTS AND EGGS O? AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 675 Notwithstanding birds arc numerous, there are only a few authenti-cated eggs known. Maybe; the birds, like some of the raier FniitPigeons, seek a nesting place in the recliLse shade of the dense wildernessof foliage, wlierc the finding of a nest is merely a matter of chance. The fiist authenticated egg of the Pheasant Pigeon was found byMr. H. R. Elvery, Richmond River, November, 1884, and is now in mysons collection. But it was not described at the time, which gaveMr. North the opportunity of first describing in the Records of theAustialiau Museum another example found by Mr. W. J. Giime, in theTweed River scrub during the season 1890-91. Mr. North remarks that Young birds were obtained byMessrs. Cairn and Grant in the sciiibs that clothe the sides of the Mus-grave and Russell Rivers in tropical
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