284 iiuscicAPiDJi. 



Myiagra vanicorensis {Q. cj- &'.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 3.) 



Myiagra castaueiventris, Finsch ^ Hartl. Fauna Central- To! i/n. p. 95, 

 tab. xiv. fig. 6 (18(37) ; Layard, J". Z. 8. 1875, p. 4:!5. 



Myiagra rufiventris, Shar/w, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 37(3 (1879) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. FiersamniL p. 29 (1899). 



Myiagra vanicorensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 2(39 (1901). 



The eggs of the Fiji-Islands Flycatcher arc of a broad oval shape 

 and slightly glossy. They are creamy white, spotted and blotched 

 with purplish brown and lavender. The marltings are chiefly con- 

 fined to the broad end of the egg, where they form a more or less 

 confluent and well-defined zone. They measure from '73 to '78 in 

 length, and from •54 to "6 in breadth. 



Messrs. Finsch & Hartlaub state that the egg of this Flycatcher 

 is plain blue, and so figure it. Layard also formerly stated that he 

 was informed that the eggs were blue, but Herr jN'ehrkoru rightly 

 notes that they resemble the eggs of the Shrikes in general character. 



2. Fiji Islands. F. M. R.iyner, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Fiji Islands (Tristram Coll.). Crowley liei^uest. 



2. Tiji Islimds (F. L. Layard: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.), 



2. Fiji Islands. Crowley Bequest, 



Myiagra melanura, Onnj. 



Myiagra melanura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 379 (1879) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 29 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 269 (1901). 



The eggs of the New-Hebrides Flycatcher in the Collection 

 resemble those of M. vanicorensis. Two examples measure respec- 

 tively : -78 by -6; -8 by -6. 



2. New Hebrides, 20th Oct. (J. G, Crowley Bequest. 

 Faton : Tristra7n Coll.). 



Myiagra pluto, Finsch. 



(Plate IX. fig. 4.) 



Myiagra plutn, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. -380 (1879) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Fiersamml. p. 29 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 270 (1901). 



An egg of the Black Flycatcher in the Collection is of a very 

 blunt oval, or nearly elliptical, shape and exhibits a small amount 

 of gloss. It is white, speckled and spotted, chiefly at the broad end, 

 with greyish brown, lilac and lavender. It measures -86 by -65. 



1. Ponape, Caroline Islands, 12th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 



