260 MTJSCICAPID.5'. 



white, sported and blotched, but almost entirely in a brond irregular 

 zone round the larger end, with pale brown and lavender. Two 

 specimens (the third damaged) measure respectively : -62 by -47 ; 

 •G'J by -47. 



3. Norfolk Island. Dr. AV. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



Petrceca rhodinogaster {Dmp.). 

 (Plate YIl. fig. 13.) 



Erytbrodrvas rhodinngaster, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 276 

 (186-5) ; North, Nests Sr E<jtj^ Austr. Birds, p. 101 (1889). 



Petrceca rhodinogastra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B M. iv. p. 170 (1879) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Uiers/nnml. p. 24 (1899); Campbell, Nests i<c Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, 1. p. 138 (1901); Shar2)e, lland-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The egg of the Pink-breasted Eobin in the Gould Collection 

 resembles the eggs of P. hggei and P. phceaiced. It is probably 

 one of the specimens of which Gould wrote (l. c.) : — " The eggs are 

 three in number, of a greenish white, thickly sprinkled with light 

 chestnut and purplish brown ; eight lines and a half long by six 

 and a half broad." It is now fractured, and cannot be measured 

 accurately. 



Two other examples are similar iu colour, and measure re- 

 spectively : -72 by -58 ; -78 by -53. 



1. Tasmania ( W7Z«ow). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania {E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



Petrceca rosea, Gould. 



Erythrodryas rosea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 277 (18G5). 

 Petrceca rosea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 170 (1879) ; Campbell, 



Nests ^~ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 139, pi. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, Ilaiul-l. 



iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The eggs of the Eose-breasted Eobin in the Collection are of 

 two types. Three examples, forming a clutch, are of an elongated 

 oval form and moderatel)- glossy. They are white, speckled and 

 blotched, mostly at the broad end, with pale brown and lavender- 

 grey. They measure respectively : '65 by '48 ; '67 by -47 ; 'Go by 

 •48. A fourth example is of a broad oval shape and moderately 

 glossy. It is white, profusely speckled all over with reddish-brown 

 and lavender, and measures GS by •52. 



3. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.l. 

 1. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



Petrceca goodeuovii {Vvj. S,- Ilorsf.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 14.) 



Petroica goodenovii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 280 (1865). 

 Petrceca goodenovii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 171 (1879) ; North, 



