. Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon . ws a yellowish-buff ground;this in tiun, as incubation proceeds, cliips off in patches and reveals awhitish shell. Dimensions in inches of four eggs from the same moimd :(1) 3-73 X 2-35, (2) 3-7 x 2-42, (3) 3-52 x 2-2G, (4) 3-44 x 2-26. (Plate 18.) Observations.—The mound-raising birds are the ornithologicalcuriosities not only of Australia but of the world. This remarkable and truly sohtiiry Lipoa dwells in the chier andmore arid scrubs of Southern Australia generall
. Nests and eggs of Australian birds, including the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon . ws a yellowish-buff ground;this in tiun, as incubation proceeds, cliips off in patches and reveals awhitish shell. Dimensions in inches of four eggs from the same moimd :(1) 3-73 X 2-35, (2) 3-7 x 2-42, (3) 3-52 x 2-2G, (4) 3-44 x 2-26. (Plate 18.) Observations.—The mound-raising birds are the ornithologicalcuriosities not only of Australia but of the world. This remarkable and truly sohtiiry Lipoa dwells in the chier andmore arid scrubs of Southern Australia generally, being particularlypartial to the Mallee (a dwarf species of eucalypt) tracts, hence thevernacular title Mallee Hen. The Lipoa resembles very much in shape and size a greyish-mottleddomestic Turkey, but is slightly smaller, more compact, and stouterin the legs. It has no wattles about its head, but has a small tuft offeathers falling gracefully back from the crown. In Western Australia the Lipoa its most iiortlicrly rangeapparently just above the tropical line, the Calvert Expedition having * No dimensions X H NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. ggg found evidences of the biid between Cue and Sepaiation Well, in theGreat Noxth-west Desert. Mr. Tom Carter obtained eggs from thenatives, gathered between Wooramel and the Mmxhison River. Thefurthest point south touched by the Lipoa is, or rather was (for I fearthey have been driven out of the locaUty or destroyed by foxes), theBrisbane Ranges between Bacchus Marsh and the You Yangs, all events, the birds were there duiiug the season 1887,Mr. A. Cameron, a station employe, having seen a nest, apparentlyjust ready for eggs. He also heard of a person who found anothernest containing eggs. What a profovmd pity these wonderiul and most interesting birdscould not be properly preserved, because they are imdoubtedly fastdisappearing! I beUeve I have the record of the last eggs taken inthe unmediate neighbom-hoo
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