PETKCECA. 261 



JS'ests ^- Ef/f/s Austr. Birds, p. 103 (18S9) ; Kehrk. Kat. Eiermmml. 

 p. 24 (18»it) ; CampbcU, Neds S,- JEi/ffS Austr. Birds, i. p. 143 (I'JOl) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The eggs of the Ued-capped Robin are of a broad oval form, and 

 are devoid of all gloss. They are palo green, thiclcly speckled and 

 spotted with umber-brown and underlying lavender. The markings 

 arc generally larger and denser at the broad end, where they form 

 a wide but irregular zone. Examples measure from -6 to '63 in 

 length, and from -49 to '51 in breadth. 



4. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Wellington, N.S.W., 30tli Aug. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A. J. North). 



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



4. Mallee Scrub, Victoria, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. {A. J. North). 



Petrceca bicolor ( Viy. ^- Horsf.). 



Melanodryas cucullnta, Gould, Ilandh. Birds Austr. i. p. 283 (1865). 

 PetroE'ca bicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 173 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899). 

 Melanodryas bicolor, North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 105 (1889) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sj- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 144, pi. 8 (1901); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 



The eggs of the Hooded Robin are of a broad oval shape and 

 highly glossy. Some are uniform olive-buff in colour ; others are 

 olive-green, with the broad end slightly tinged with rufous. They 

 measure from "81 to "89 in length, and from '62 to "67 in breadth. 



1. West Australia. Gould Coll. 

 3. Queensland {Owen). Gould Coll. 

 3. Queensland {Owen). Gould Coll. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 27th Crowley Bequest. 



Aug. {North Coll.). 



2. Cardiugton, Bell River, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



{E. P. Ramsag .- Tristram Coll.). 



3. Wimmera District, Victoria, 30th Crowley Bequest. 



Aug. (A. J. North). 



1. Gipp.^laud, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq.,K.C. [P.]. 



2. Mallee, Victoria, Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Petrceca toitoi (Gam.). 



(Plate VII. fig. 15.) 



Petrceca toitoi, Botts, Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 60 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. iv. p. 174 (1879) ; id. lland-l. iii. p. 221 (1901). 

 Myiomoira toitoi, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 39 (1888). 



An egg of the I^ew Zealand North-Island Robin is of a 

 regular oval shape, devoid of gloss and of a crcamy-whito colour, 

 speckled with brownish pink and lilac. It measures -7 by "o. Tlie 

 dimensions of an egg of this species given by Sir Walter Buller {I. c.) 

 are "85 by "8, which would render the specimen nearly spherical in 



