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MUSCICAriDJE. 



Family MUSCICAPID/E. 



Genus HEMICHELIDON, Ilotljs. 



Hemiclielidon sibirica {Gm.). 



Butalis sibirica, Tacz. J.f. O. 1.^72, p. 446, taf. i. fig. 15. 



Hemichelidou sibirica, S'harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 120 (1879); Oates 

 ed. Hume, Nests i^- -E/^s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 1 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune 

 Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 475 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 23 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 204 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sooty Flycatcher in the Collection are of a pointed 

 oval form, and exhibit a slight amount of gloss. They are of a very 

 pale green colour, densely mottled with extremely palo reddish 

 brown. They measure respectively : '71 by '5 ; -7 by '5. 



2. Lake Baikal, Siberia {Dyhoiuski: 

 Tristram Coll.). 



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Genus MICRffiCA, Gould. 



Micrceca fascinans {Lath.). 



Micraca f;iscinaus, Gould, Handh. Birds Aiistr. i. p. 258 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 123 (L'>79) ; North, Nests S,- E(/t/s Aiis/r. 

 Birds, p. 95 (1889) ; A^ehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 24 (1899) ; Canqjbell, 

 Nests i^' E(j(js Anstr. Birds, i. p. 1U5, pi. 7 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 205 (1901). 



Micrceca macroptera, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N.S. JV. 18G5, p. 328, 

 pi. i. ligs. 9, 10. 



The eggs of the Australian Brown Flycatcher are of a blunt oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale bluish-green colour, 

 marked with specks and blotches of chestnut-brown and underlying 

 lavender-grey. The markings are most numerous on the broader 

 half, where they are often confluent and form an irregular zone. 

 Specimens measure from "68 to -7(3 in length, and from -52 to '55 

 in breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 3rd Sept. 

 {North Coll.). 



2. Queensland (Given). 



1. Kew South Wales [Wilsoji). 



4. Uobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. [E. P. 

 Bamsay : Tristram Coll.). 



3. South Australia. 



2. South Australia [G. F. Angas). 



2. Wimniera District, Victoria, 16th 



Nov. (A. J. North). 

 2. Malice, Mctoria, 10th Oct. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliire 



[P.]. 



Saunders, Esq. 



