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such advantage as those of S. leucura. Thej- measure from "84 to 

 •95 in length, and from '02 to "66 in breadth. 



1. Jericho, 12th April (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristrmn). 



2. Jericho, l.'Sth April (J. H. Coch- Crowley Bequest. 



rane ; Tristram Coll.). 

 4. Jericho, 22nd April {H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CAMPICOLA, Swains. 



Campicola pileata {Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 10.) 



Saxicola pileata, Sharpe, ed. LayarcFs Birds S. Africa, p. 238 (1875-84) ; 



Seebo/im, Cat Birds B.M.\. p. 397 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 41 (1899); Stark Sf Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 196 



(1901). 

 Campicola pileata, Skarpe, JIand-l. iv. p. 180 (1903). 



Eggs of the Black-hooded Chat are of a pale greenish-white 

 colour, without markings of any sort. They are large compared 

 with the size of the bird, of a broad oval form, pointed at the small 

 end, and rather glossy. Size from '87 to -98 in length by from -67 

 to •73 in breadth. These measurements are considerably less 

 than those given by Layard and by Stark (Z. c), viz. 1^00 by.-7o ; 

 but the Museum series contains one or two unusually small 

 specimens. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Cape Colony ( r. ^i?«o>-e : Tristrani Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Namaqualand. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CATHAEUS, Bonap. 



Catharus melpomene (Cab.). 



Catharus melpomene, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 362; Scl. ^- Sah. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 29; Salv. 4' dodman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Ares, i. p. 2 (1879) ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 288 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 39 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 180 (1903). 



Eggs of the Common Central-American Thrush-Robin vary in 

 shape from a short to a long oval, and in colour from greenish-grey 

 to bluish-green, and are marked with specks, clouds, and very 

 small blotches of pale rufous and underlying lilac and purple. In 

 some cases the markings are somewhat evenly and thickly distri- 

 buted, concealing much of the ground-colour, especially towards the 

 broad end ; in others the ])lotchcs are larger and fewer in number. 



