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shape and sliglitly glossj'. It is of a pinkisli-wliite colour, mottled 

 all over with lilac-rod and lilac, and measures -I'l by -o'd. 



1. CluiUiam Islands {II. U. Furbes). Crowley Bequest. 



Pseudogerygone chrysogaster (Gmi/). 



rseudngervfrnne cluTSOgaster, Slinrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 220 (1870) ; 

 Nehrk. Cat. Eicrmmml. p. 20(1899); 8harpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 230 

 (I'JOl). 



The eggs of the N^ew Giiitiea YcUow-benied Flycatcher appear to 

 resemble those of P. nuujnirostris very closely. Two examples 

 measure respectively : -71 by "5 ; "7 by 'o. 



2. New Guinea, 21st Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MUSCYLVA, Lesson. 



Muscylva lessoui, Jacq. S,- Puch. 



(Plate VIII. fig. 4.) 



Muscvlva kssoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 283 (1879) ; Kchrk. 

 kat. Eiersdimnl. p. 26 (1899); Sharjie, Hand-l. iii. p. 282 (1901). 



The eggs of Lesson's Flycatcher in the Collection are of a broad 

 oval form and exhibit a slight amount of gloss. They are white, 

 speckled, almost entirely at the broad end, with purplish brown and 

 lilac. They measure respectively : -72 by "So ; '72 by -57. 



2. Fiji Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MIRO, Less. 



Miro albifrous (G//?.). 



(riate Till. tig. 5.) 



Petrceca albifrons, T'otts, Trans. N. Z. Inst. ii. p. GO (1809); iii. p. 7(3 



(1870). 

 Wire albifrous, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 235 (1879) ; BuUer, Birds. 



New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 36 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamvd. p. 20 



(1899J ; Sharpe, Rand-l. iii. p. 232 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Soutb-Island Flycatcher arc of a 

 pointed oval shape and exhibit a small amount of gloss. Tliey are 

 of a greyish-white colour, mottled and blotched with greyish brown 

 and lavender. Three examples measure respectively : "97 by '71 ; 

 •98 by '7; I'Oo by -75. 



2. Otago, New Zealand {E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Sei/mour). 

 1. Taiori District, New Zealand, Crowlev Bequest. 



12th Nov. (E. P. S.). 



