252 SYLTIIDJE. VIEEONIDiE. 



1. Cape Otway, Victoria {E. P. Seij- Crowley Bequest. 



mour). 

 1. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus BEBRORNIS, Sharpe. 



Bebrornis rodericanus (E. Newton). 



(Plate XI. fig. 9.) 



Bradvpterus rodericanus, Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 459 (1879). 

 Bebroniis rodericanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 102 (IBBo) ; id. 

 Hand-l. iv. p. 245 (1903). 



An egg of the Rodriguez-Islaud Warbler in the Collection is oval 

 in form and quite devoid of all gloss. It is white, spotted and 

 blotched with umber-brown, greyish brown, and pale underlying 

 lavender. The markings arc dense on the broader half of the egg 

 and rather sparse elsewhere. It measures "7 by "49. 



1. Island of Eodriguez {G. Gulliver : Royal Society [P.]. 



Transit of Venus B:r2Kd.). 



Genus SPHENURA, Licht. 



Sphenura longirostris (Gould). 



(Plate XI. fig. 7.) 



Sphenura longirostris, Gnidd, Handb. Birds Avstr. i. p. 343 (1865); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. lOo (1883) ; North, Nests ^- Egys 

 Austr. Birds, p. 126, pi. viii. fig. 15 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests ^- Egys 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 219 (1901) ; Sharjie, Hand-l. iv. p. 246 (1903). 



The eggs of the Long-billed Bristle-bird are of a very broad oval 

 form and possess a small amount of gloss. They are of a greyish- 

 white colour, spotted and blotched with ashy brown and dark 

 lavender-grey. The markings are of larger size at the broad end 

 and more or less confluent, forming an ill-defined cap. Two 

 examples measure respectively : •87 by "71 ; 'Ol by •72. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



Family VIREONIDiE. 



The eggs of all the Greenlets which are represented in the 

 Collection are so similar to each other that it is useless attempting 

 to describe them separately. 



They are of a pointed oval shape, the smaller end being much 

 compressed. The majority are without gloss ; some have a faint 

 trace of gloss, and a few might be termed moderately glossy. 



Thc}' are Avhite, speckled, almost entirely on tlie broad half of the 

 egg, with dots and small spots of black or purplish brown, pinkish 

 brown, and lavender. On some specimens the markings are 



