a TIlIELlIIi.T,. 



Birds, p. 151, pi. xi. fiL"-. 10 (1889) ; Ke/irk. Kat. Eiersnmvtl. p. 58 

 (1899) ; Cftvipbell, Ne.Us cV Jit/^s Austr. Birds, i. p. 254, pi. 10 (ItlOl) ; 

 Sharps, Hmid-l. iv. p. 2 (1903). 



The eggs of the Spotted Ground-bird in the Collection vary in 

 form from an elongated to a broad oval. . Thej- have a considerable 

 amount of gloss. The ground is cream-coloured, and this is rather 

 closelj' and evenly spotted and blotched with olive-brown and very 

 dark chocolate, and equally numerous underlying markings of pale 

 purple-grey. They measure from 1-25 to 1-42 in length, and from 

 •91 to -96 in breadth, 



1. Australia. Sir D. E. Cooper [P.]. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Kew South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Western Point, Victoria, 23rd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A. J. North). 



1. Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. 



[P.]. 



Cinclosoma castanonotum, Gould. 

 (Plate III. fig. 14.) 



Cinclosoma castanotis, Thie?i. Fvrfpjfcmz. f/es. Tlir/. tab. xxvii. fig. 7, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Cinclosoma castaneonotum, Gould, Handb. Birds Avstr. i. p. 435 (1865). 

 Cinclosoma castanonotum, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 333 (1883) ; 



Campbell, Nests ^ Eygs Austr. Birds, i. p. 256 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Haiid-l. iv. p. 2 (1903). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-backed Ground-bird vary from a regular 

 to a blunt oval form and very closely resemble in coloration the eggs 

 of C. 2ninctatum, being perhaps on the average rather more thickly 

 spotted. Five specimens measure from 1*18 to l"2o in length, and 

 from -88 to -90 in breadth. 



2. Australia (Trnf ram Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. West Australia, 9th Sept. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia, Sept. Gould Coll. 



Genus EUPETES, Temm. 



Eupetes pulcher, Sharpe. 



Eupetes castanonotus, Salvad. pt. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 340 



(1883). 

 Eupetes pulcher, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 3 (1903). 



An egg of the Chestnut-backed Eupetes in the Collection is of a 

 broadish oval form. The ground-colour is pale pinkish brown, 

 somewhat heavily marked at the larger end with underlying blotches 

 of purple-grey, a few longitudinal streaks and dashes of which 

 colour also occur oJi the other parts of the surface ; the overlying 

 blotches, also longitudinal, of rich brown are evenly and not very 

 thickly distributed over the whole egg. It measures 1-15 by '87 

 inch. 

 1. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



