LALAGE. DlArUOEOPTERTJS. 301 



2. Labuan, Borneo. Sh' Hugli Low [C.]. 



2. Labuan. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Philippine Islands, 11th May Crowley Bequest. 

 (Moselei/). 



Lalage pacifica (6-'//*.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 20.) 



Lalage terat, Layard, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 502. 



Lalage pacitica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 97 (1879) ; Nelirk. Kut. 

 Eiermmml. p. 23 (1899); Shaiye, Hand-l. iii. p. 23 (1901). 



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

 regular oval shape and but very slightly glos.-jy. They are of a 

 bluish-green colour, thickly marked with streaks and small blotches 

 of umber-brown and lilac-grey. They measure respectively : -9 

 by -7 ; -SS by -63. 



2. Fiji Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



Lalage leiicomelsena {Virj. 6f Horsf.). 



Canipephaga leucomela, Gould, Ilundb. Birds Anstr. i. p. 203 (186.5). 

 Lalage leucomeltena, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 106 (1879) ; North 



Nests Sc Eggs Anstr. Birds, p. 77 (1889) ; NeJirTc. Kut. Eiersamnd'. 



p. 23 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8)- Eqqs Austr. Birds, i. p. 101, pi. 7 



(1901) ; Sharj)e, Hand-l. iii. p. 305 (1901). 



An egg of the Black-and-White Cuckoo-Shrike in the Collection 

 is of a somewhat pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. It is 

 of a pale bluish-green colour, marked, chiefly over the broad end 

 where a large cap is formed, with deep brownish chestnut and lilac. 

 It measures '82 by 'O. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest.' 



Genus DIAPHOROPTERUS, Oherh. 



Diaplioroptenis leucopygius, Gould. 



Symmorphus leucopvgius, S/iarjie, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 109 (1879) • 

 North, Nests ^- Egcjs Austr. Birds, p. 408 (1889). ' 



Diaplioropterus leucopygius, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 305 (1901). 



The eggs of the Norfolk-Island Cuckoo-Shrike closely resemble 

 the eggs of Lalage tricolor. They are dull green, profusely blotched 

 and streaked with umber-brown and pale underlying grey. Two 

 specimens measure respectively : '84 by '65 ; 'SB by 'T. 



2. Norfolk Island. Gould Coll. 



