4 TlMELTID.l';. 



Genus HYLACOLA, Ooidd. 



Hylacola cauta, Gould. 



(Plate III. fig. 17.) 



Hylarola oaiita, Go7iId, Handh. BrrrJs Amir. i. p. 347 (180.5) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 347 (1883); Nehrk. Knt. Eicrmmnd. p. 58 

 (1899); CampMl, Nests ^' Eggs Anstr. Birds, i. p. 2(j4, pi. U 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 4 (1903). 



An egg of the Eufous-rumped Ground-Wren in the Collection is 

 of a hroarl oval shape and moderately glossy. It is of a purplish- 

 brown colour, mottled, almost entirely at the broad end, with a 

 darker shade of the same. It measures -86 by -65. 



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



Genus PSOPHODES, Yvj. 6,- Ilorsf. 

 Psophodes crepitans {Lath.). 



Psophodes crepitans, Gould, Ilcmdh. Birds Austr. i. p. 312 (1804) ; Slmrpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 350 (1883); North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 72, pi. viii. %. 7 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaviml. p. 68 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests >^ Eggs Anstr. Birds, i. p. 265, pi. 11 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 5 (190"3). 



The eggs of the Coach-whip Bird are of a regular oval form and are 

 almost devoid of gloss. The ground is of an exceedingly pale greenish- 

 white colour or pale greenish blue, and this is sparingly marked, 

 except at the broad end of the egg, where the markings arc more 

 numerous and form an indistinct cap, with specks, spots, small 

 blotches, and short scrawls of black and underlying pale purple. 

 They measure from 1-OS to 1*2 inch in length, and from -78 to 

 •83 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. New South Wales. Gtould Coll. 



2. New South Wales, 4th July. Gould Coll. 



2. Pichmoud River, N.S.W., 20th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 

 2 Gippsland, Victoria, Nov. W. Padeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2 Whittlesea Ranges, Victoria, Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Bairnsdale, Victoria, 3rd Aug. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A. J. N). 



Genus PTEROEHINUS, Siuinh. 



Pterorhinus davidi, Stuinh. 



(Plate III. fig. 18.) 



Pterorhinus davidi, David Sj- Oustulet, Ois. Chine, p. 187, pi. 50 (1877) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 353 (1883) ; Bleskein Prjev. Beist-n, 

 Aves, p. 133 (1890) ; Hartcrt, Noo. Zool. i. p. G72 (1894) ; Sharpe, 

 Uand-l. iv. p. (1903). 



