DTCRrRTDJ5. 435 



Spliecotheres fiaviventris, Gould. 



(Plate XIX. tigs. 15 & 10.) 



Rpliecotlieres flaviveutris, Gould, Hamlb. Birds Ausfr. i. p. 468 (1865) ; 

 Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 22o (1877); Le Souef, Vict. Nat. 

 xvi. p. 62 (1809) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Robinson 

 ^- Laverock. Ibis, 1900, p. 026; Campbell, Nests Sj- Ec/gs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 84, pi. 6 (1901); North, Nests S,- Eyr/s Birds Ausfr. i, 

 p. 83 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. u55 (1909) ;' '^Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 353 (1910). 



The eggs of the Yellow-bellied Fig-bird are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval t'orin and have a small amount of gloss. The ground is pale 

 gre)-ish-greeu, or vrarm pinkish-grey tinged with green, marked 

 with specks, spots and small blotches of chestnut, orange-brown, 

 and underlying pale purplish-red. The markings are thickly- 

 disposed over the broad end of the shell, where they form an 

 irregular zone, and sparingly elsewhere, but one example in the 

 series has the markings very evenly distributed over the whole 

 surface of the shell. They measure from 1-17 to V6'2 in length, 

 and from "87 to "9 in breadth. 



2. N. Australia, 20th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Somerset, N. .\ustralia. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Somerset, Slst Dec. C. A. Barnard, Es(i. TO.]. 

 2. Somerset, 1st .Fan. G. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Woomangu, Xortk Queensland, W. Radclitl'e Saunders, Esq. 

 4th Dec. [P.]. 



1. Wooaiangu, 14th Dec. W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



2. Woomauofu, 21st Dec. \V. Radclifte Saunders, Esi. 



[P.]- 

 1. Woomaugu, 28tlj Dec. W. T^adcliffe Saundars, Esq. 



Family DICRURID.E. 



(ienus DICRURUS, ViciU. 



Dicrurus annectens {Ilodgs.). 



(Plate XX. figs. 1-3.) 



Dicrurus annectens, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 231 C1S77) ; Onfes, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 312 (1889) ; Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 2o7 ; 

 Sliarpe, Haad-l. v. p. 556 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 354 



(1910). 



Eggs of the Crow-billed Drongo are of a broad oval shape, some- 

 what pointed towards the smaller end and slightly glossy. The 

 eggs are of two tvpes : iu one the ground is white with spots and 



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