26 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ZOOLOGY OF NEW GUINEA, 



of the nest being 2*6 x 2*3 in. across. The eggs, two in number are 

 of a greenish white, spangled all over with reddish dots and spots, 

 but closer together on the thicker end. (Mr. Macleay's Coll.) 



Eupetes (Circeloroma) Ajax. 



Egg oval, rather short, length 1-2 in. x 0*95 in. of a light stone 

 color heavily blotched, spotted, dotted with irregular shaped marks 

 of black, blackish brown and slate grey, one specimen has a large 

 blotch of slate grey on the top of the thicker end. {Mr. Macleay's 

 Coll.) 



Paradisea Raggiana. 



The nest is a flat, open, and a rather scanty structure of wiry 

 twigs and roots, it is placed and worked into a platform of vines 

 stretched across a small fork ; it is 6 in. across at the widest part, 

 and the inside diameter 3*6 in., the height of the whole structure 

 3 inches. The egg oval, rather pointed, of a creamy tint, or light 

 buff; there are a few spots on the thin end of a reddish brown ; on 

 the thick end the spots are closer together and mixed with dashes 

 and long narrow tear-shaped markings, and longitudinal streaks 

 from the thick end towards the thin, which vary in color from 

 reddish brown to salmon brown, some with a yellowish tint and 

 others of slate grey being obsolete ; there are also a few dots and 

 small spots of the same colors sprinkled over the surface of the 

 shell. Length, 1*45 in. ; short diameter, 0-95 in. 



Rectus ferruginea. 

 The eggs are long ovals of a pinkish chocolate color, sparingly 

 sprinkled with blackish and slate-blue spots and dots on the 

 thinner end, but closer on the thicker end. — (Mr. Macleay's Coll.) 



Talegallus pyrrhopygius. 

 White like the egg of Talegallus lathami, finely grained, length 

 3-65 x 2'3.—(Macleay Coll.) 



Goura d'Albertisi. 

 The eggs are white, long oval in shape ; length 2*4 x 1*55 in. — 

 {Macleay Coll.) 



