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The c^gfi of the Scarlet-breasted li.ol)iii are of a broad oval form, 

 occasional!}' aiiproacliing the s[)lierical, and they have a faint gloss. 

 They arc of a greenish-white colour, marked with umber-brown, 

 yellowish brown, and underlying lavender. The markings var}' in 

 size from specks to small blotches, and they are dense at the broad 

 end, where they often form a cap or irregular zone. Examples 

 measure from '09 to "74 in length, and from '55 to -6 in breadth. 



1. Australia. 



2. West Australia, 12th Sept. 



1 . New South Wales (E. P. Rmnsay). 

 1. New South Wales, 31st Aug. 



(E. P. P.). 

 1. AshHeld, N.S.W {E. P. Ramsay : 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. 



3. Gippsland, 9th Nov. {A. J. North). 

 3. Grampians, Victoria, Nov. 



2. Grampians, Victoria, Nov. 

 2. Tasmania {E. D. Atkinson). 



Crowley Bequest, 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll, 

 Gould Coll. 



Crowle}' Bequest. 



F. A. Philbrick,Esq., K.C. [P.], 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Kadclitfo Saunders, Esq. 



W. I-!adcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Petroeca phoenicea, Gould. 



(Plate VII. fig, 11.) 



Petroica phcenicea, Gould, llandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 282 (i860). 

 Petroeca phcenicea, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. ICO (1879); North, 



Nests ^ Ei/f/s Austr. Birds, p. 104 (1889) ; Nchrk. Kat. EiersamnU. 



p. 24 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^- Eyys Austr. Birds, i. p. 130 (1901) ; 



ShariK, HuHd-l. iii. p. 220 (1901). 



The eggs of the Flame-breasted Eobiu in the Collection closely 

 resemble those of P. le(jgei. Exami)les measure from "69 to "77 

 in length, and from "53 to "(3 in breadth. 



Tasmania (E. D. Atkinson). 



Tasmania, 13th Oct. 



Table Cape, Tasmania, Nov. (A. J. 



North). 

 Victoria, 

 Victoria. 

 Gippsland, Victoria, 10th Nov. 



{A. J. North). 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Govt, of Victoiia [P.]. 

 Govt, of Victoria [ P.J. 

 Crowley Bequest, 



Petroeca multicolor (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig, 12.) 



Petroira erytlirogastra, Gould, Ilandb. Birds Austr. ii., App. p. o2(3 

 {186,)). 



Petroeca multicolor, Sharpc, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 168 (1879) ; Crow- 

 foot, Ibis, 1885, p. 270; North, Nests ^- Eijgs Austr. Birds, p. 410 

 (1889); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 220 (1901). 



The eggs of the Norfolk Island Robin are of a somewhat elongated 

 oval form, and they possess a small amount of gloss. Tliey are 



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