262 3iTTsciCArin,i3. 



shnpe and of a size quite out of proportion to the size of the bird, 

 ■wliich has the wing only 2-7 inches in length. 



1. Nelson, New Zealand ( JF. F. Crowley Bequest. 



Hoiolett : Tristram Coll.). 



Petrceca macrocephala (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 16.) 



Petrdeca macrocephala, Potts, Trans. N.Z. Inst.ii. p. .59 (1869) ; iii. p. 76 

 (1870): Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 176 (1879); Nehrh. Kat. 

 Eiersamonl. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901). 



Mvionioira macrocephala, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2ud ed. i. p. 42 



(1888). 



Eggs of the New Zealand South-Island Kobin are of a broad oval 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled with pale 

 brown and lavender. Four examples measure respectively : -1 hy 

 •56 ; -69 by -57 ; "77 by -58 ; -74 by -58. 



2. Otago, New Zealand, 21st Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. Seyviour). 

 2. Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 23rd Crowley Bequest. 

 Oct. (E. P. S.). 



Petrceca vittata (Q. 4' O.). 

 (Plate YII. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Amaurodryas vittata, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 286 (18(55) ; North, 



Nests ^' Eui/s Austr. Birds, p. 106 (1889). 

 Petrcrca vittata, Sharp)e, Cut. Birds B. M. iv. p. 177 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 222 (1901). 

 Amaurodryas (Petroeca) vittata, Camphell, Nests 4' -E'</ys Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 147 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Ptobin resemble those of P. Incolor, but 

 are more varied, some being of a pale blue colour, others being 

 spotted with yellowish brown and lilac. They measure from '83 to 

 •95 in length, and from -Go to '7 in breadth. 



2. Tasmania ( IF ?7«o«). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. • Gould Coll. 



3. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



6. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



3. New South Wales, 3rd Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



Genus POLIOMYIAS, Shar^^e. 

 Poliomyias hiteola (Pali.). 



Erythrosterna luteola, Tacz. J.f. 0. 1872, p. 449; 1873, taf. ii. fig. 18; 



id. Faune Orii. Siher. Orient, p. 472 (LsOl). 

 Poliomvias luteola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 201 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eier.monml. p. 25 (1899); Sharjje, Iland-l. iii. p. 223 (1901). 



An egg of the Eastern Rusty-breasted Blue Flycatcher iu the 



