442 OOLOGY OF THE AUSTRO-MALAYAN AND PACIFIC REGIONS, 



the shell being fine, but without any gloss. Length (A), 1 "07 x 

 0-93 inch; (B), 1 inch x 0-87 inch; (C), M3x0-91 inch; (D), 

 1-1 X 0-92 inch; (E), 1-03 x 0'88 inch. 



Lalage terat, Bodd. 



Nest similar to that of the Austi'alian species, L. tricolor. Eggs 

 two in number for a sitting, of a deep bluish-green, streaked all 

 over with irregularly-shaped markings of wood-brown, and light 

 purplish-brown, a few nearly obsolete clouded blotches of the latter 

 colour appearing beneath the surface of the shell. Length (A), 

 0-87 X 0-67 inch; (B), 0-86 x 0-67 inch. Taken at Ovalau by 

 Mr. Boyd. 



Pachycephala icteroides, Peel. 



This species was found breeding in the New Hebrides by Mr. 

 J. A. Boyd. The eggs are remarkably handsome, being of a rich 

 cream colour, with a band of large irregularly-shaped confluent 

 blotches of rich umber-brown around the centre, and obsolete 

 markings of the same colour appearing beneath the surface of the 

 shell; the remaining portion of the surface is sparingly dotted 

 with a paler tint. Length 1-09 x 075 inch. 



Myiagra rufiventris, Elliot. 

 A nest of this species taken by Mr. Boyd at Ovalau, is cup- 

 shaped in form, outwardly composed of thin wiry grasses, and 

 beautifully ornamented on j,the outside with lichens ; there is 

 a slight lining of fibrous roots inside. Exterior diameter two inches 

 and a quarter, depth one inch and a-half ; internal diameter one 

 inch and seven eighths, depth one inch. Eggs two in number for 

 a sitting, white with a zone of light purplish-brown and greyish 

 lilac spots encircling the larger apex of the egg. Some of the 

 markings appear as if beneath the surface of the shell. Length 

 (A), 0-75 X 0-57 inch ; (B), 075 x 0-58 inch. 



Piezorhynchus chalybaeocephalus. Gam. 



These eggs, together with the birds, were procured by Mr. 

 Parkinson when on a collecting tour in New Britain ; they are 

 two to three in number for a sitting, oval in form and rather 



