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Collection is inseparable from tlic mottled type of egg of Ahronax 

 latirostris described above. It measures '7 by '5\. 



1. Eastern Siberia {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley 13equest. 



. Genus MUSCICAPULA, BhiO,. 



Muscicapula superciliaris {Jerd.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 19.) 



JIuscicapula superciliaris, Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 204 (1870) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 25 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 223 



(1901). 

 Cyoriiis superciliaris, Oafes, Fauna Brif. Lid., Birds, ii. p. 17 (1890) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Ei/ys Ind. Birds, 2ud ed. ii. p. 4 (1890). 



The eggs of the White-browed Blae Flycatcher are of a broad 

 oval form, and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. At first; 

 sight, they appear to be of one uniform colour, either fawn-coloured 

 or of a pale stone-colour, but when closely looked at, they will be 

 found to be mottled or speckled with a somewhat darker shade of 

 colour than the ground-colour itself. They measure from •b\) to 

 •68 in length, and from '5 to "54 in breadth. 



2. MurrijN.W. Ilinialayas, 5th June Hume Coll. 



(C. II. T. Marshall). 



3. Kotgarli, Ilinialavas. Ilume Coll. 

 2. Kntgarh, 3rd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kashmir, May \W. E. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Muscicapula samarensis. Bourns 4" Worcester. 



Muscicapula samarensis. Bourns S)- Worcester, Occ. Papers Minn. Acad. 

 Nat. Sc. i. p. -Iii (1894 ) ; Grant .^- Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 237, pi. vi. 

 fig. 6; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 224 (1901). 



The eggs of the Samar "White-browed Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are of an ordinary oval shape and slightly glossy. They are of a 

 bluish-green colour, speckled all over, but especially at the broad 

 end, with pale brown and lilac. They measure respectively: -75 

 by -55 ; -74 by -52. 



2. Paranos, Samar, Philippine Islands, J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 17th June. 



Muscicapula hyperytlira {Bhjth). 



Muscicapula Lyperythra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 200 (1879) ; id. 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 224 (1901). 



Cvoruis hvpervthrus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, li. p. 15 (1890) : 

 id. 'ed. Hume, Nests i;- Ef/gs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 2 (1890) ; Stuart 

 Baker, Journ. Bomb. Nut. Hist. Soc. is. p. 123 (1894). 



