266 MUSCICAPID.E. 



Nfhrk.Kat. Eiersamml. p. 2G(1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 

 (1901) ; Cmnpbdl, Nests ^- Eyys Audi: Birds, i. p. 158 (1901). 



The egga of the Large-billed Flycatcher in the Collection are of a 

 blunt oval form and nearl}' devoid of all gloss. TIk;}' are ol: a 

 ])iiikish-white colour, thickly speckled, especially at the broad end 

 where the markings become confluent, with reddish brown, lilac-red, 

 and lavender. Three example measure respectively : •09 by "49 ; 

 •71 by -5 ; '7 by -49. 



3. Herbert River, Queensland, 22ud Cruwlev Bequest. 



Nov. (A. J. North). 



Pseudogerygone flavilateralis {Gruii). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 3.) 



rseudogerj-gone flavilateralis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 222 (1879) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersawml. p. 26 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L. iii. p. 229 



(i-.;oi). 



Gerygoue flavolateralis, E. L. ^- E. L. C. Layard, Ihis, 1882, p. 508. 



The eggs of the New-Caledonian Yellow-flanked Flycatcher are 

 of quite the same type as those of P. marjnirostria and resemble 

 tliem closely. Three examples measure respectively : '63 by "47 ; 

 •03 by ^48 ; •GS by -49. 



2. New Caledonia (with an egg of Crowley Bequest. 



Cacomantis bronzinus : 



E. L. Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Noumea, New Caledonia {E. L. L. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Pseiidogerygoiie fusca (Gould). 



Gerygone fusca, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 267 (1805); North, 

 'Nests ii- Eyys Austr. Birds, p. 99 (1889). 



Pseudogerygone fusca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p 22,3 (1879); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 26 (1899J ; CampheU, Nests if E(/ys 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 159 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Fuscous Flycatcher closely resemble 

 those of P. magnirostris. They measure from '6 to •Oo in length, 

 and from -44 to '46 in breadth. 



3. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Ilichmond, N.S.W., Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. Campbell). 



Pseudogerygone albifroutata {Gray). 

 (Plate VIII. flg. 1.) 



Pseudogerygone albifroutata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 221 (1879) ; 



id. Hand-l. iii. p. 229 (1901). 

 Gerygoue albofrontata, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2ud ed. i. p. 49 (1888) ; 

 'Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 524. 



An egg of the Chatham-Island Flycatcher is of a regular oval 



