444 OOLOGY OF THE AUSTRO-MALAYAN AND PACIFIC REGIONS, 



are from three to four in number for a sitting, varying in form 

 from swollen to elongated ovals, of a greenish-white, minutely- 

 spotted, and heavily blotched with light purplish-red markings, 

 chiefly towards the larger end; one specimen (A), has only a few 

 indistinct spots on the larger end. Length (A), 0*97 x 0-7T 

 inch ; (B), 1-09 x 0-76 inch ; (C), 1-09 x 0-73 inch. 

 From the Duke of York Island. 



Philemon cockerelli, Sclat. 



A very handsome set of eggs procured, together with the birds,. 



by Mr. Parkinson at New Britain, are in form pointed ovals, of 



a deep reddish salmon colour, heavily blotched all over with 



irregularly-shaped markings of a darker tint, but more particularly 



towards the larger end, intermingled with others of a light 



purplish-grey, which appear as if beneath the surface of the shell. 



Length (A), 1-31 x 0-93 inch; (B), 1-38 x 0-93 inch;(C), 1-34 x 



0-94 inch. 



CiNNYRis CORINNA, Salvad. 



A nest of this species taken at New Britain, is a dome-shaped 

 structure with a small entrance in the side, over which a hood is 

 formed, from the top of which the nest gently tapers to a point ; it 

 is outwardly composed of the dried skeletons of leaves, bark fibre 

 and spiders' webs neatly woven together, and lined inside with the 

 white down from the seeds of a cotton plant ; it is attached to the 

 thin stems of a climbing plant, and measures as follows — total length 

 of nest nine inches, height of aperture one inch and a-half, width 

 one inch, length from top of the nest to lower ])ortion of the hood 

 four inches and a-half, from the lower portion of the entx'ance to 

 the extremity of nest three inches ; width two inches and a-half. 



The eggs were two in number, of a light greenish-grey richly 

 covered with minute markings of wood-brown, which at the larger 

 end form a bi'oad clouded zone. Length (A), 0-67 x 0'46 inch ; 

 (B), 65x0-45 inch. 



Centropus ateralbus, Less. 



Specimens of this bird, together with a single eorg, were received 

 from Mr. Parkinson when at New Britain. Egg dull white, shell 

 slightly roughened. Long axis 1-6 inch, short axis 1*23 inch. 



