288 MXJSCICAPIDiE, 



confluent spols and blotches of umber-brown and lavender-gro}'. 

 They measure from '77 to "9 in length, and from "58 to '67 in 

 breadth. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 23rd Crowley Bequest. 



Aug. {North Coll.). 

 2. Dobroyde, N.S.W. {K P. Bamsay. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Wimmera, Victoria, 28th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 

 2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



Genus PIEZORHYNCHUS, Gould. 



Piezorhjmclius chalybeocephalus (Gam.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Monarcha alecto, Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 296. 



Piezorhvnchus alecto, Sharj^e, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 415 (1879) ; Nehrk. 



Knt. Eiersamml. p. 30 (1899). 

 Piezorhyuchus chalybeocephalus, Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 278 (1901). 



The eggs of Garnot's Flycatcher are of a broad oval shape and 

 but very slightly glossy. They are greenish-white, marked, chiefly 

 in the form of a broad band round the larger end of the egg, with 

 spots and small blotches of pale olive-brown and lavender-grey. 

 They measure from "8 to -9 in length, and from "6 to "GB in breadth. 



5. Duke-of-York Island {E. L. Crowley Bequest. 



Layard: Tristram Coll.). 



2. Fergusson Island, 18th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. S. Meek). 



3. Bowen Islaud. Crowley Bequest. 

 3. [New Guinea.] Crowley Bequest. 



Piezorhynchus nitidus, Gould. 



Piezorhyncbus nitidus, Macyillivray, Voy. ' Baftlesiiake,' ii. p. 357 (1852) ; 

 Gould, Ilandh. Birds Audr. i. p. 249 ( 1 865) ; Sharjje, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. iv. p. 416 (1879); North, Nests S,- Eyys Avstr. Birds, p. 90 

 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests >^- E(/(/s Atistr. Birds, i. p. 129, pi. 9 (1901) ; 

 Shar2)e, Iland-l. iii. p. 278 (1901). 



The eggs of the Shining Flycatcher in the Collection arc of an 

 oval form and almost devoid of gloss. They are greyish white, 

 speckled, si)ottcd and blotched with olive-brown and underlying 

 lavender. The markings are chiefly confined to the broad end, 

 where they form an irregular zone. Two specimens measure re- 

 spectively : -85 by -58; -83 by -65. 



1. Cape York, Australia (<?«;;<. iSfow to/). Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattlesnake.' 

 1. Port Essington, Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



