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PRlONOriDiE. 



Genus PINAROLESTES, Sharpe. 

 Pinarolestes parvulus {Gould). 



Colluricincla parvula, Gould, Hundb. Birds Austr. i. p. 225 (1865). 

 Pinarolestes parvulus, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 296 (1877) ; 



Campbell, Nests ^- Eggs Aiistr. Birds, i. p. 92 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



mind-l. iv. p. 270 (1903). 

 ColljTiociocla parvula, Xorth, Nests 4" Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 81 (1889). 



The eggs of the Little Grey Shrike-Thrush resemble those of 

 the various species of CollyriocicJda described above. They measure 

 from '93 to 1-03 in length, and from •? to "77 in breadth. 



2. Cape York, North Australia (/.ilfflc- Gould CoU. 



gillirray). 



1. Cape York. Gould Coll. 



1. Port Essington ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. E-ockhampton Bay, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 



Pinarolestes gouldi, Gray. 



Pinarolestes rufigaster. Sharps, Cat. Birds B. 31. iii. p. 296, part. (1877). 

 Collvriocincla parvissima. North, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 83, 



pi- viii. fig. 1 (1889). 

 Collvriocincla gouldi, G. li. Gray ; Robinson ^ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 627. 

 Pinarolestes parvissima, Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p 94 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Lesser Eufous-bellied Shrike-Thrush are of a 

 regular oval form and moderately glossy. They are white, spotted 

 and blotched with olive-brown or reddish brown and slaty grey. 

 The markings are smaller and more numerous than in the eggs of 

 the species of CoUyriocichla, to which they bear a general resemblance. 

 They measure from -So to 1 in length, and from '7 to -75 in 

 breadth. 



3. Somerset, Cape York, 27th Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Somerset, 4th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Somerset, 2nd Fob. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 1. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



Pinarolestes rufiventris, Sharpe. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 8.) 



Pinarolestes rufigaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 296, part. (1877) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 93 (1901). 

 Collyriocincla rufigaster. North, Nests <§• Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 83 



(1889). 

 Pinarolestes rufiventris, Shaipe, Hand-l. iv. p. 270 (1903). 



The eggs of the llufous-brcasted Shrike-Thrush in the Collection 



