PINAEOLESTES. nTPOCOLItIS, 269 



resemble some of the eggs of P. goulcli, but they are larger. They 

 are white, spotted with very deep olive-brown and slaty grey, and 

 measure respectively: 1*18 by -8 ; 117 by -8. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Dec. Crowley Bequest. 

 {North Coll.). 



Pinarolestes vitiensis {Hard.). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 7.) 



Pinarolestes vitiensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 299 (1877) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eierscmiml. p. 22 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 271 

 (1903). ^ 



Pachycephala vitiensis, Nehrk. J.f. 0. 1879, p. 400. 



The eggs of the Fiji-Islands Shrike-Thrush are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and slightly glossy. They are cream-coloured, 

 marked, chiefly at the broad end, with spots and blotches of 

 chestnut, lilac-red, and lavender. Four examples measure respec- 

 tively : 1 by -73 ; -9 by -68 ; -95 by -69 ; -95 by -7. 



1. Fiji Islands (Trnf ram Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. [Fiji Islands.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HYPOCOLIUS, Bo7ia2). 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Bonap. 



(Plate XII. fig. 6.) 



Hypocolius ampelinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 316 (1877); 

 id. Ibis, 1886, p. 477, 1891, p. 107 ; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 1. p. 250 (1889) ; Cutmning, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. xii. p 760 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 275 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Hypocolius are of a pointed oval shape and 

 very glossy. They are bluish white, sometimes unmarked ; more 

 frequently clouded and blotched on the broader half with very pale 

 leaden grey. Examples measure from -92 to 1-05 in length, and 

 from -7 to -8 in breadth. 



3. Fao, Persian Gulf, 14th June W. D. Cumminjj, Esq. FP.l 



( W. D. C). ° ^ *- -^ 



4. Fao, loth June ( W. D. C). W. D. Cumming, Esq. fP.l. 



3. Fao, 20th June ( W. D. C). W. D. Camming, Esq. fP.!. 

 2. Fao ( W. D. C). W. D. Camming, Esq. tp.! 



4. Fao ( W. D. C). Crowley Bequest. 



