420 ULABETIDiE. 



towards the larger end. They measure respectively : 1-1 1 by -81 ; 

 1-1 by -81 ; and l-OO by -85. 



1. r>uke of York, Bismarck Arcliip. Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Britain, Bismarck Archip. Crowley Bequest. 



Aplonis brevirostris ( Peale). 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 16.) 



Aplonis brevirostris, Whitmee, Bis. 1875, p. 440; Sliarpe, Cat. Bn-dn 

 B. M. xiii. p. 1.30 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Elevs'imml. p. 122 (1899), 

 p. 850 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 527 (1909). 



The eggs of the Short-billed Tree-Starling are of an elongate oval 

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

 blue, S])otted and blotched with chestnut, lilac, and purplish-grey, 

 and are inseparable from some eggs of Lamprocorax metallica. 

 They measure respectively: 1'08 by •" ; l"li^ by 'I'd. 



2. Samoa, ^March. Be^-. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



Aplonis vitiensis, Lai/ai-d. 



(Plate XVIII. fig. 17.) 



Aplonis tabuensis, Layard {nee Gmel.). P. Z. S. 1875, p. 435. 



Aplonis vitiensis, Lai/ard, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 502 ; id., Ibis, 1876, p. 392; 



Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 131 (1890) : id., Hand-l. v. p. 527 



(1909) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 350 (1910). 



Three eggs of the Fiji Islands Tree-Starling are of a very broad 

 oval shape and slightly glossy. One has the ground white, while 

 in two it is of a pale greenish-blue: all are spotted and blotched 

 with reddish-brown and lilac, and in one the markings are dense 

 at the broad end and sparse elsewhere. They measure respectively: 

 1-09 by -8 ; 1-08 by -72 ; and 1-0 by -76. 



1. Fi]ils\!ind%Oct.(F. M. Bm/ner). Yoy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



2. W^akaya, Fiji Islands, 26th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



{B. L. layard : Tristram Coll.). 



Aplonis atrifusca, Feale. 



Sturnoides atrifusca. Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 440 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 1876, 



p. 494. 

 Aplonis atrifusca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 134 (1890) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml p. 122 (1899), p. 351 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 528 (1909). 



The eggs of the Blackish-brown Tree-Starling are of a narrow 

 oval shajje and almost devoid of gloss. They are of a greenisli- 

 blue colour, with a very few minute specks of lilac scattered here 



