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2. Hikliim Terai, L'Uth May. 



;>. .Sikhim Terai; -Jntli May. 



4. Silihini Terai, 4tli June. 



8. Sikliini Terai, 7tli June. 



2. Dibrughur, Assam, loth May 



{J. It. Cripps). 



1. Dibrughur, 17tli Alay {J. li. C). 



1. IJibrughur, 5th June (/. H. C). 

 '1. Aracau, Burniah, 3rd June. 



3."5. Anioy, China (7i'. Sininhoe). 



'6. Anioy (R. S. : Tristram Coll.). 



'I. Fohkien, China, 19th May. 



•"). Fohkien, liist May. 



4. Fohkien, i^lst JMay. 



;i. Fohkien, 24th Mav. 



2. Fohkien, L>i;th May. 



1. Foochow, loth May, 

 '2. Foochow, 21st May. 



6. Foochow, 26th May. 



7. Foochow, 27th May. 



2. Foochow, 1st Jiiue. 



II lime Coll. 

 Ilunie Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley IJequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 C. B. Uickett, lisq. | P, 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.' 

 C. B. Kickett, Esq. [p. 

 C. B. Ilickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Kickett, Esq. [P.' 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.', 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.] 

 C. B. Kickett, Esq. P. I 



C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.J 



Uenus DICRUEOPSIS, Salvad. 



Dicruropsis bracteata {Gould). 



(Piute XX. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Chibia bracteata, (Jvuld, Uandh. Birds Austr. i. p. 235 (1865) ; Ishavpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 236 (1877) ; Nekrk. Kat. Eiersumml . p. 20 

 (1899) ; Jiobinso7i vij- Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 624 ; Campbell, Nest': 

 i.y Ei/(js Aiistr. Birds, i. p. bo, pi. 6 (1901); North, Nests 'l^- £i/ys 

 Birds Aiistr. i. p. 85 (1902). 



Dicruropsis bracteata, iS/uirpe, Iland-l. v. p. 558 (1909) ; Ne/trk. Kat. 

 Btersaiiiinl. p. 354 (1910). 



The eggs of the Australian Hrongo resemble some of the eggs of 

 Chibia Jiottcutoita. They are wiluout gloss. lu some the ground- 

 colour is creamy-white, .speckled and spotted with jjule reddish- 

 brown and purple. In others, the ground is white or pinkish- white, 

 boldly blotched and streaked with umber-brown or chestnut and 

 pale lavender. Others again are white, with scattered rounded 

 spots of purplish-black and small blotches of lilac-grey. In most 

 of the clutches the markings are more frequent at the larger end 

 than elsewhere, and in one example they form a well-defined cap 

 or zone. tSpecimens measure from 1-07 to 1 '24 in length, and 

 from '76 to -tiL} in breadth. 



1. (iueenslanil, 1st Nov. 



1. (Queensland, July. 



2. Xonh giieensland, lOth Dec. 



Crowlej' Bequest. 



W. Radclitte yauuders, I'^sq. 



[P.]. 

 \\ . luidclill'e f?aunders, Esq. 



