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whitish with a shade of blue; the shell is finely grained and 

 somewhat glossy ; it measures 21 x 14*5 mm. Fig. 15^ 

 Plate III. 



A second egg is quite different from the above; it is of a 

 blunt " elongate ovate " shape very slightly inclining towards 

 pyriform, of a whitish blue-grey ground-colour, spotted with 

 underlying lavender blotches and blackish lilac surface spots 

 of larger and smaller size. These markings form a fairly 

 large and compact zone, the spots becoming more scattered 

 towards the pointed end, which is unspotted. It is only 

 slightly glossed and measures 21*2 X 14'5 mm. Fig. 16, 

 Plate III. 



A third egg of the same species is quite different from 

 the two above described; it is of a regular '"'elliptical ovaV 

 shape, the ground-colour light bluish green, evenly marked 

 all over with underlying lavender spots of smaller and larger 

 size; the surface-spots are dark brown, the ground-colour 

 though clearly seen is not conspicuous; it is but slightly 

 glossed and measures 21*5 X 14'5 mm. Fig. 17, Plate III. 

 (H.G.)] 



182. CoccYSTES GLANDARius (Linn.). Great Spotted 

 (yuckoo. 



Fairly common migrant. 



183. CoccYSTES JACOBINUS (Bodd.). Black-and-White 

 Cuckoo. 



Fairly common. An egg was taken on January 16th, at 

 Koonap, which was of a rounded ovate shape and measured 

 27 X 22 mm., and of a glossy white colour. 



184. CoccYSTES HYPOPiNARius, Cab. & Heine. Black-and- 

 Grey Cuckoo. 



Fairly common. It is doubtful whether these two birds (this 

 species and the preceding) should be specifically separated, 

 as they seem to us to pretty well cover the same range. 



185. CoccYSTES SERRATUS (Sparrm.). Black-crested 

 Cuckoo. 



Fairly common. On January 16th we took an egg from 

 a nest of Andropadus importwius; it is not as glossy as that 

 of C. jacobinus and more rounded, being 26 X 22 mm. 



