ciNci.oKnAMPnrs. — timelia. 



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Cinclorhamphus rufescens ( Vlr/. 4' Horsf.). 



Ptenoedus rufescens, Gould, Haiirlh. Birds Avstr. i. p. 397 (186.5). 

 Ciuclorhampliiis rufescens, Sharpc, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 500 (1883) ; 



North, Nests tV Eff(/s Austr. Birds, p. 153 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 62 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests i^- -EV/c/s Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 276, pi. 11 (1901) ; Shurpe, Haml-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



The eggs of the Australian Kufous Babbler varj- from blunt to 

 pointed oval in shape, are moderately gloasy and variable in size. 

 The ground-colour ranges from pinkish white to salmon-jnnk, and 

 this is thickly speckled and blotched with rich chestnut arid 

 lavender. The markings are fine on some examples, coarse 

 and blotchy on others. The largest specimen in the Collection 

 measures -D by '7 ; the smallest -8 by -6. 



Australia. 



Queensland (Otcen). 

 Queensland (Owen). 

 Queensland {Owen). 

 Queensland. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Dawson liiver, Queensland, 14tli Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 New South "Wales. Gould Coll. 



New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



New South \Vales. Gould Coll. 



New South ^^'ales (Goz<W.- Tri<tram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.) 

 Cardiugton, Bell Pviver, N.S.W. (E. 



P. Bamsay : Tristram Coll.). 

 Fish liiver {E. P. R. : Tristram Coll.). 

 Toonik, Victoria, 1st Dec. {A. J. 



North). 

 Adelaide, South Australia {E. P. 



Bamsay). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TIMELIA, Horsf. 



Timelia jerdoni, Wald. 



(Plate I. fig. 19.) 



Timelia pileata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 507 (1883) [part.]; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 132 (18S9) [part.]; id. ed. 



Hump, Nests 6,- Efff/s Lid. Birds, i. p. 90 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kal. 



Eiersaiinnl. \i. 62 (1899). 

 Timelia jerdoni, sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 26 (1903). 



The eggs of Jerdon's Red-capped Babbler are normally of a 

 broad oval form, but a few are lengthened and some approach the 

 spheroidal shape. They liave a considerable amount of gloss. 



