. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . ump, and found thenesting-place, consisting of some twigs, about si.\ feet from the ground, on which was lyin,i; theaccompanying egg, and which he found, when blowing it, was partly incubated. The egg referred to above is o\al in form, fairly rough shelled, minutely pitted, and havinga few small limy excrescences scattered over the surface; it is dull white and the shell slightlylustrous, and measures :—Length 2-i5 x 1-58 inches. Another egg in iMr. Joseph Gabrielscollection, also obtained on the Cape \ork Peninsula, measures
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . ump, and found thenesting-place, consisting of some twigs, about si.\ feet from the ground, on which was lyin,i; theaccompanying egg, and which he found, when blowing it, was partly incubated. The egg referred to above is o\al in form, fairly rough shelled, minutely pitted, and havinga few small limy excrescences scattered over the surface; it is dull white and the shell slightlylustrous, and measures :—Length 2-i5 x 1-58 inches. Another egg in iMr. Joseph Gabrielscollection, also obtained on the Cape \ork Peninsula, measures :—Lengtii 2-07 x 1-52 egg in Mr. Keartlands collection, taken at the same place, measures :—Length 2-2 xi-6i inches. The pittings on the surface of the shell of this specimen are so minute that theyare not visible, unless examined with a lens. Immature birds have a smaller bill, and the feathers of the lower breast and abdomenmargined at the top, and crossed with three narrow pale greenish-yellow cross-bands. Wing14 inches. ■58 CACATUID.^ o Calyptorhynchus funereus. YKLLnW-TAILKl.) liLACK Ilnifrius, Sliaw, Nat. Misc., pi. (). ■Cali/pior/iifiir/ius , GoukI, Bds. Austr., fol. Vol. V., pi. 11 (184S); jr/., Haiidbk. Bds. Austr,,, p. 20 () ; Siilvad., Cat. Bds. ISrit. Miis., Vol. XX., p. I(i7 (ISJl) ; Slmi-pe,Hand-I. , Vol. il., p. 10 (1900) ; Salvad., Has, 1 DOG, p. 120. Adult MALK.—Vrneral cu/our nbore ami /m/oiv brdirnifli-black, ivilh palm- mari/ins In most of theJfalliiTS, those of tlie forehiail and cheeks ore n more deci<li( )il<irk, and thosr of tin- loicer breast aiid(didomea a clearer broaii aial. Iiariny dull slraa_--i/eUoa tiiar<jiiis, as alsu lain- tin under unni-eoverls ;ear corerts jielloa : centrals jiaer of tail-fenthi rs broimiislidjlaek, tlte remainder broanish-blackcrossed, except a narmn} mart/in on the unter ayb, leilti a liroad yrlloie band n-leieh is nnnul
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