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Genus CHLAMYDODERA, Gould. 



Chlamydodera maculata, Gould. 



Clilixmj'dodera maciilata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 450 flSOo) ; 

 liainsny, P. Z. S. 1874, p. GOo ; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. 

 p. 409, pi. 3. fig. 2 (1832); id., op. cit. 2nd ser. i. p. 1059, pi. 19. 

 fig. 1 (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 389 (1881) ; North, 

 Proc. Li7in. Soc. N. S. W. 2nd ser. i. p. 1157 (1886) ; id.. Nests .^ 

 J^f/l/s Birds Austr. p. 178, pi. xi. fig. 5 (1889); Sharpe, Moii'xjr. 

 Paradis. ^ Ptilon. ii. p. 71 (1898) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eqgs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 198, pi. 9 (1901) ; North, Nests ^ Egqs Birds Austr. i. 

 p. 41 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 586 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 357 (1910J. 



The eggs of the Spotted Bower-Bird are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. They are of a very pale green 

 colour, covered, but most densely ahout the middle portion of the 

 egg, with blotches and an intricate entanglement of lines, both 

 coarse and fine, of an umber-brown, sienna, and blackish-brown 

 colour. In addition, there are numerous underlying lavender 

 blotches. Three examples measure respectively: 1*45 by 1*03; 

 1-39 by 1 ; and l-3o by -98. 



1. Australia. P. L. Sclater, E.sq. [P.]. 



2. Moravia Oomeli River (a tributary Gould Coll. 



to the Dawson River), Queens- 

 land {J. A. Foot). 



Chlamydodera nuchalis {Jard. i^ Selhy). 



Chlamydodera nuchalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 448 (1865) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 391 (1881) ; Le Souef, Vict. Nat. 



xvi. p. 66 { 1899) ; id.. Ibis, 1899, p. 359 ; Sharpe, Monogr. Pardis. 



lS- Ptilon. ii. p. 79 (1898) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 580 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamnd. p. 357 (1910). 

 Clilamydera nuchalis, Campbell, Nests S;- Eijrjs Austr. Birds, i. p. 203 



(1901). 

 Cblaraydeva nucljalis uuchalis, Uartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 486 pi. x. 



figs. 15, 16 (1910). 



An egg of the Great Bower-Bird is of a narrow oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. It is of a pale buff colour, profusely covered 

 with blotches, clouds, and linear markings of umber-brown and 

 underlying purplish-grey. It measures 1*7 by 1*16. 



1. Port Essington, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus .ffiLURffiDUS, Cahanis. 

 ^uroedus stonei, Sharj^e. 



^lurcedus stonei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 387 (1881) ; Gould, 

 Birds New Guinea, i. pi. 37 (1881); Sharpe, Monocjr. Paradis. t^ 

 Ptilon. ii. p. 101 (1893) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 587 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of Stone's Cat-Bird is of a very narrow 



