GRAUCALUS. 



2Q3 



and purplish brown and lavender, densely round the large end in 

 the form of a broad and more or less confluent zone, sparsely else- 

 where. Tliey measure from 1-04 to 145 in length, and from '7 to 

 •75 in breadth. 

 5. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 



Graucalus melanops, Gouhl, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 192 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. .30 (1879) ; Bidler, Birds New Zeal. 2ud ed. 

 p. m (1888) ; North, Nests lV F(/</s Austr. Birds, p. 74, pi. ix. fig. 4 

 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammf. y. '22 (189!)) ; Le Souef, Vict. Nat. 

 xvi. p. 64 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^- Eqqs Austr. Bird», i. p. 96, pi. 7. 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Elack-faced Cuckoo-Shrike are of a regular oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. The ground- 

 colour varies from green, pale olive or pale olive-brown to greenish 

 stone-colour and is spotted, blotched and streaked with umber- 

 brown or chestnut-brown and lavender-grey. Specimens measure 

 from 1-23 to 1-3 iu length, and from -87 to "91 in breadth, 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Australia (£". P. i?«?;(Sffy). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Bell River, N.S.W. {E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Murray River, 4th Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



3. Hastings, Western Point, Victoria, Crowley Bequest. 



18th Sept. {North Coll.). 

 3. Somervillc, Victoria, 3rd Nov. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



LP.]. 



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



Graucalus parvirostris, Gould. 



(Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Graucalus parvirostris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 194 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 32 (1879) ; North, Nests ^- Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 75 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 22 (1899) ; 

 Campbell, Nests !^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 97 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 291 (1901). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Cuckoo-Shrike are of quite the same 

 character as those of G. melcuiops. Five examples measure 

 respectively : 1-3 by -83 ; 1-27 by -9 ; 1-20 by -87 ; 1-3 by -88 ; 

 1-25 by -89. 



2. Tasmania [C. Gould). Gould Coll. 

 1. Tasmania ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (7?. D. Atki)iso7i). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania ( W. H. Bignold). Crowley Bequest. 



