292 CAMPOPHAGID^. 



31. Mono'plioo, Sikhim (J. Gammie), Hume Coll. 

 4. Darjiling-, 19tli April. Hume Coll. 



3. Darjiling, May. Hume Coll. 



Stoparola sordida (TTaZcZeji). 



Stoparola sordida, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. ir. p. 440 (1879) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 419 (1879) ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p, 29 

 (1890); id. ed Hume, Nests ^ Eggs hid. Birds, ii. p. 11 (1890); 

 Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 286 (1901). 



The eggs of the Dusky Blue Flycatcher in the Collection are 

 profusely freckled with rufous. They measure '82 by "59 ; •84 by 

 •59 respectively. 



2. Ceylon, 3rd May {A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



Family CAMPOPHAGID^. 



Genus PTEROPODOCYS, Gould. 



Pteropodocys phasianella {Gould). 



Pteropodocys phasianella, Gould, Handh. Birds Auslr. i. p. 199 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 22 (1879); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 47, pi. 3. fig. 1 (1882) ; North, Nests S,- Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 76, pi. i.^. fig. 2 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. 

 p. 22 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 95, pi. 7 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Iland-l. iii. p. 290 (1901). 



The eggs of the Ground Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection are of a 

 pointed oval shape and excessively glossy. One specimen is of an 

 olive-green colour, faintly mottled here and there with a darker 

 shade of the same tint. Another is of a dull olive-green colour, 

 with a faint rufous wash over the larger end and a few dark specks. 

 They measure respectively : 1'36 by '92; 1-2 by "96. 



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



1. New South Wales, 19th Oct, Crowley Bequest. 



[North Coll.). 



Genus GRAUCALUS, Cuv. 



Graucalus ciiiereus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Graucalus cinereus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 28 (1879) ; id. Haml-l 



iii. p. 291 (1901). 

 Campephaga cana, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinh. vii. p. 148 (1882). 

 Campephaga cinerea, Milne- Edwards |- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. 'iu p. 393, pi. 304. fig. 4 (1885). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Cuckoo-Shrike are of a somewhat 

 lengthened oval shape and exhibit but little gloss. Thej' are of a 

 pinkish-white colour, marked with spots and blotches of deep reddish 



