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coloration the}- arc light salmon-pink or whitisb-]iink spotted with 

 red and lilac, the spots being almost contined to the broader end, 

 and, in the clutch from [shigaki Island, forming a zone. They 

 measure from "78 to -So in length, and from '59 to -62 in breadth. 



4. Ishitraki IsL, Liu-Kiu Islands, \^'. RadcliH'e Saunders, Esq. 



1st .June. [P.]. 



4. Fuji, 2iid June. W. Kadclitfe Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus RHINOMYIAS, Sharpe. 



Ehinomyias pectoralis (Sahiad.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Rhinoniyias pectoralis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 308 (1879) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 201 ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 266 (1901). 



The rggs of the Pectoral Fb catcher are of a broad oval form and 

 moderately glossy. They are of a pale greyish-green colour, densely 

 mottled all over with pale rufous grey and lavender. Three examples 

 measure respectively : "72 by 'oo ; "67 by 'bb; "71 by -bb. 



3. Mt. Kina Balu, Borneo, Feb. (</. Crowley Bequest. 

 Whitehead). 



Ehinomyias albigularis, Bourns Sf Worcester. 



Rhinomyias albigularis. Bourns ^ Worcester, Occ. Papers Minn. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. i. p. 27 (1894) ; Grant ^- Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 237, pi. v. 

 tig. 3; Sha)-j}e, Uand-l. iii. p. 267 (1901). 



One of the eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection 

 is of an elli[)tical, the other of a blunt oval form, and both are 

 glossy. The ground, hardly any of which is distinctly visible, 

 appears to be of a reddish cream-colour, and it is very thickly 

 mottled and clouded all over with reddish brown. The two specimens 

 measure respectively : -89 by -65 ; -87 by -65. 



2. Canloan Volcano, Central Negros, J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Philippines, 2lBt March. 



Ehinomyias gularis, Sharpe. 



(Plato IX. fig. 1.) 



Bhinomvias gularis, ShariJe, Ibis, 1888, p. 385 ; 1889, p. 201 ; id. ILmd-l. 

 iii. p. 267 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-throated Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 of a blunt oval form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale greyish- 

 green colour, freckled all over with pale brownish chestnut, the 

 markings also forming an indistinct band of brighter colour round 



