278 MUsciCAriniE. 



2. IMariiiduquc, riiilippines,8tli May. Steere Exped. 



3. Marinduquo, 12tli May. Steere Exped. 



1. Cebu (KockS, Crowley ]'>equest. 



1. Luzon {Schadenherg). Crowley Beqviest. 



Rhipidura pectoralis (Jerd.). 



Rhipidnra pectoralis, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 335 (1879) ; Otifes, 

 Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 55 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests if 

 Et/f/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 38 (1890) ; Neltrk. Eat. Eicrsamml. p. 29 

 (1899) ; SharjK, Hand-l. iii. p. 201 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-spotted Eantail Flycatcher vary in groiuid- 

 colour from white to pale creamy huff, and are marked at the broad 

 end with a more or less well-dcfiued zone. They measure from -05 to 

 •7 in length, and from -47 to '5 in breadth. 



3. Dhubir, Khandesh, India, lOth Hume Coll. 

 June. 



2. Ilonsoor, Mysore, 25th June [J. Ilunio Coll. 



Macphersoii). 

 1. Kottigherry, Nil^rhiri Hills, 22ud Hume Coll. 



May (Miss Cockburyi). 

 1. Kotagherry, 20th May (Miss Cock- Hume Cull. 



burri). 



Rhipidura albifrontata, Franld. 



Rhipidura albifrontata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iv. p. 338 (1879) ; 

 Leyye, Birds Ceijlun, p. 412 (1879); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 62 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests i^ F(j(/s Ind. Birds, ii. p. 31 

 (1890) ; Ni'hrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 261 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-browed Fantail Flycatcher are very uni- 

 form, the giound varying from white in some specimens to various 

 shades of cream-colour, or pale brownish yellow in others. The 

 markings are almost entirely confined to a broad zone round the 

 larger end. Examples measure from "6 to 'OS in length, and from 

 •47 to '54 in breadth, 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Delhi, 8th July (C. T. Bini/ham). Hume Coll. 



1. N.W. I'roxincts, 27th March Crowley Bequest. 



( W. E. Brooke). 



2. Agra, 30th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Baraitch, May. Hume Coll. 



1. MiYzn])ur (W.F.Brooks: Tristrajn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Allahabad, 3rd July (.4. O. Ilnme). Hume Coll. 

 9. Allahabad, 17th Jidy (A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



1. Deesa, 22nd July (E. A. Butler). Hume Coll. 



2. Jhausi, Julv (F. Ii. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 

 2. .Ihansi, Aug. (/''. It. B.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Saugor, C. I'rovs, 24th July Hume Coll. 



(F. R. B.). 



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