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3. Victoria. Government of Victoria [?•]• 



4. Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.J. 

 2. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Pliilbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 

 4. Hastings, Victoria, 29tli Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



CoUyriocichla rectirostris, Jard. 4' Selb. 



Colluricincla selbii, Gould, Ilandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 224 (1865). 

 Colljriocinela rectirostris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 291 (1877) ; 



North, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 82 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 21 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests c^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 



p. 90 (1901). 

 CoUyriociclila rectirostris, Shar2)e, Hand-l. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of Selby's Shrike-Thrush in the Collection measure 

 1-12 by -77 ; 1-15 by -82; 1-2 by -89 respectively. 



1. Tasmania (C. Gould). Gould Coll. 



2. Tasmania. Crowley Bequest. 



CoUyriocichla brunnea, Gould. 



(Plate XII. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Colluricincla brunnea, Goidd, Eandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 233 (1865). 

 CoUyriocincla brunnea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 291 (1877) ; 



North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 81 (1889) : Le Souef, Vict. 



Nat. xvi. p. 64 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. p. 21 (1899); 



Campbell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 91 (1901). 

 CoUyriociclila brunnea, Sharpe, Sand-l. B. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of the Brown Shrike-Thrush are of a very broad oval 

 shape and almost devoid of all gloss. Three examples measure 

 respectively : 1-11 by -9 ; 1-17 by -87 ; 1-13 by -89. They are 

 rather more richly coloured than is usual in the eggs of the birds 

 of this genus, the darker markings having a decided purplish or 

 reddish tinge. 



3. Mount Victoria, British New Guinea Crowley Bequest. 



{W. Anthony), 



CoUyriocichla ruflventris, Gould. 



Colluricincla rufiventris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxx. fig. 14 

 (1845-54) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 222 (1865). 



Collvriocincla rufiventris, SharjJe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 292 (1877) ; 

 "North, Nests 8,- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 82 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 91 (1901). 



CoUyriociclila rufiventris, SharjJe, Hand-l. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of the Buff-bellied Shrike-Thrush in the Collection 

 measure from -92 to 1*12 in length, and from -72 to -83 in breadth. 



1. Cape York, Australia. Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



2. North-west Australia. Gould Coll. 

 2. West Australia, 9th Oct. Gould Coll. 



1 Swan River, W. Australia, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 {G.J. Bostock: Tristram Coll.). 



