276 jirscicAPiDiE. 



2nd ed. i. p. 72 (]888); Nehrh. Eat. Eiersaimyil. t^. 28 (1899); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Zealand Black Fantail Flycatcher in the 

 Collection have a nearly pure white ground-colour and the markings 

 form a more or less well-defined zone. They measure respectively : 

 •62 by -49; -65 by -5 ; -6 by -49 ; -6 by -48. 



2. Nelson, New Zealand, Oct. (TF. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Howlett: Tristram Coll.). 



1. Canterbury, New Zealand. Capt. E,. Snow [P.]. 



1. Canterbury (E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



Rliipidura albicollis (Vieill.). 



Rhipidura fnscoveutris, Janl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 99, pi. xcii. 



llhipidura albicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds D. M. iv. p. .317 (1879); Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 53 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 Ef/r/s 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 35 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 254 

 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian "White-throated Fantail Flycatcher vary 

 from white to yellowish buff in ground-colour and have the mark- 

 ings disposed in varied forms. They measure from '65 to '1 in 

 length, and from '47 to -52 in brcadtd. 



2. India. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim. Hume Coll. 

 2. Dehra Dbooti. Hume Coll. 

 2. Eaipur, C. Provs., Hume Coll. 



1. Fureedpur, Bengal, 18th May Hume Coll. 



{J. R. Cripj^s). 



Ehipidura rufifrons (Lath.). 



PJiipidura rufifi'ons, Gould, Handb. Birds Aitstr. i. p. 240 (1865) ; Shai-pe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 319 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. 

 N.S. ^r. 2nd ser. i. p. 1143 (188G) ; North, Nests S,- Efjgs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 87 (1889) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 28 (1899) ; Camp)- 

 bell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 112, pi. 8 i^WOl) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 255 (1901). 



The eggs of the Puifous Fantail Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a yellowish-buff colour, with a broad zone of confluent spots 

 round the broad end. They measure respectively : -71 by '52 ; 

 •71 by 'o. 



2. Richmond, N. S. Wales, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. Campbell). 



Rhipidura cyaniceps (Cass.). 



(Plate VIII. eg. 17.) 



Piliipidura cyaniceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. .323 (1879) ; Grant, 



