2G8 MUSCICAPID^. 



Genus PCECILODRYAS, Goxdd. 



Pcecilodryas sub-cyana {De Vis). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 6.) 



ru>cilodry,is snb-C3'anea, De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 377. 

 Pcecilodryas sub-cyana, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 234 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Guinea Eluish Flycatcher in the Collection 

 are of a regular oval shape and moderately glossy. They arc 

 greenish white, mottled all over with very pale rufous and under- 

 lying lavender. They measure respectively : '8 by "62 ; -Si by -Gl. 



2. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Pcecilodryas capito (Gould). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 7.) 



Eops^altria capito, Ooidd, Handb. Birds Ausfr. i. p. 297 (1865); North, 



Froc. Linn. Sac. N.S. W. ii. p. 146 (1888) ; id. Nests ^- Eqys Austr. 



Birds, p. 109 (1889). 

 Pcecilodryas capito, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 24o (1879) ; Campbell, 



Nests iSr Eyys Austr. Birds, i. p. 150 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 



p. 236 (19U1). 



An egg of the Large-headed Flycatcher in the Collection is of a, 

 blunt oval form and exhibits a considerable amount of gloss. It is 

 ot a creamy-white colour, almost imperceptibly tinged with green, 

 blotched, chietly at the broad end, with light chestnut and grey. 

 It measures '77 by '57. 



1. Cooktown, N. Queensland, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 {!). Le Soiief). 



Genus XANTHOPYGIA, Bli/th. 



Xanthopygia xanthopygia {A. Hay). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 8.) 



Xanthopygia tricolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 250 (1879) ; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient, p. 480 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 26 (1899). 

 Xanthopygia xanthopygia, Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 238 (1901). 



The eggs of the Siberian Yellow-rumped Flycatcher * are of a 

 broad oval form and moderately glossy. They are of a white or 

 pinkish-white colour, delicately speckled, chiefly round the broad 



* The name ' M. narcissina ' is written on all these eggs, but it appears from 

 Taezanowski's account of the distribution of X. narcissina and X. xunthopi,gia, 

 that they arc referable to the latter species. 



