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Eggs of the llufoiis-breastcd Blue Flycatclicr have a pale grecnish- 

 Avhitc ground-colour, freckled and mottled, chictly at the larger end, 

 with brownish red. They are of a regular oval shape and measure : 

 •74 by -54 ; -75 by '55 ; "75 by -56 ; -76 by -So. 



4. Mishmi Hills, near Margherita, E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [C.]. 

 Assam, 20th May. 



Miiscicapula westermanni, SMrpe. 



(Plate VII. fig. 20.) 



Muscicapula westermanni, Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 196 ; id. Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 224 (1901). 



An egg of Westermann's Flycatcher taken by Mr. "Whitehead is 

 of a regular oval shape, almost devoid of all gloss, and fawn- 

 coloured. It measures '6 by '47. 



1. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, 25th Crowley Bequest. 



March {J. Whitehead). 



Genus SMICRORNIS, Gould. 

 Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould. 



Smicrornis brevirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Ausfr. i. p. 27.3 (1865) ; 

 Shai-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 209 (1879) ; North, Nests Sf Eqys 

 Amtr. Birds, p. 100 (1889) ; Ne/irk. Kat. Eiersmnml. p. 25 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests i,- B(///s Austr. Birds, i. p. 153, pi. 8(1901) ; Hharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 225 (1901). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Flycatcher are of a narrow oval 

 shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. Thej- arc of a brownish- 

 pink colour, marked, chiefly at the broad end, with brown and 

 lavender. On one specimen in the Collection the markings arc few 

 and scattered ; in anotlier they form a cap ; and on a third a zone 

 round the broad end. Three examples measure respectively : "58 by 

 •4 ; -61 by -43 ; -56 by -43. 



1. West Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



Genus GERYGONE, Gould. 

 Gerygone albigularis (Gould). 



Gerygone albogularis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 266 (1805) ; 



Ramsay, F. Z. S. 1860, p. 576. 

 Gerygone albigidaris, Sharjye, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 212 (1879) ; North, 



Nests Sj- Eqgs Austr. Birds, p. 97 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersatnnd. 



p. 25 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests •$■ Egas Austr. Birds, i. p. 155, pi. 8 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 225 ("lOOl). 



The eggs of the Australian White-throated Flvcatchcr are of a 



