-684 THE BIRDS OF LORD HOWE AND NORFOLK ISLANDS, 



Eggs, clutch two; short oval in shape; texture of shell fine, 

 •surface somewhat glossy; colour creamy white, spotted or streaked 

 (a) all over the shell, (b) on the upper quarter only, with pale 

 brown and suffused slate markings, larger and forming a cap at 

 the upper end. Dimensions: (a) 0-65 x 0-51; (b) 0*65*>; OSO. 



488(M). 65.MYIAGRA rubecula Latham. 



Leaden Fly-catcher. 



Myiagra rubecula, Ramsay, p.37. (Australia generally, Tas- 

 mania, S:E. New Guinea). 



Hob. — Lord Howe Island(doubtful). 



^04(M). 66.C0RACINA ROBUSTA Lath. 



Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike; Blue Jay(L.H.I.). 



Hab. — Lord Howe Island (visitor only). (Australia generally, 

 New Zealand, accid., New Guinea, Celebes, Molucca Is.). 



A somewhat frequent visitor from the mainland, not elsewhere 

 recorded. 



■512(M). 67.D1APHOROPTERUS LEUCOPYGius Gould, 

 Sparrow(N.I.). 



Symmorphus leucopygius, North, 'Nests and Eggs,' p. 408. 



Z^a6.— Norfolk Island. 



This is one of the species peculiar to Norfolk Island, where it 

 is found in considerable numbers. A bright and lively little 

 bird, in general appearance it closely resembles Lalage tricolor, 

 but it is smaller. In its habits, flight, and manner of catching 

 insects on the wdng it is very like Micrceca fascinans. It perches 

 •on stumps or fences, from which it pounces on ground-insects, or 

 flying upwards, takes others on the wing. Owing to its habit of 

 collecting an earl}^ breakfast amongst the dew-drenched grass, its 

 otherwise snow-white breast becomes discoloured with the reddish 

 dust which settled on the grass-blades overnight. Its chief note 

 is a single harsh chirp, like the first or last staccato notes of a 

 cicada. 



