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342. Alseonax adusta (Boio)- (Dnslcy Flyoatchor.) 



(rt) Clutch 2 : Doc. 18i)0. Grahiunstown, Cape Colony : 

 e coll. R. H. Ivy. 



Shes. 18-1 X U-0 mm. 

 18-7xl3-y „ 



(h) One egg : 20. 12. 05. Same data. 



Size. 19-2 X 14-05 mm. 



These eggs are o£ oval shape ; smooth texture, and the 

 surface is not glossy. 



Colour. Ground-colour a palo groon suffused \\itli ill- 

 defined splashings o£ a rufous yellowish-brown. 



The three eggs are much alike. 



349. Pachypeoea capensis (L.). (Cape Flycatcher.) 

 Four clutches. 



1. Clutch 2 : March 1895. Grahamstown, Cape Colony : 



e coll. R. H. Ivy. 



Shape ovate ; texture smooth, with slight gloss. 



Colour. Ground-colour very pale green, with over-surface 

 markings and splashes, chieHy at the obtuse end, of pale 

 yellow-brow'n ; a large number of under-surface markings 

 and splashes of different shades of dark brown, some almost 

 black. In one of the eggs some of the over-surface markings 

 are large. There is a tendency lor the markings to zone at 

 the obtuse end. 



Sizes. 17'9 X 13-4 ; 178 x 13*3 mm. 



2. Clutch 2 : Dec. 1901. From same locality and col- 



lection. 



Similar in shape and texture. 



In one egg the ground-coionr is white and there is a 

 tentlency for the spots to zone. In the second egg the 

 ground-colour is a pale fawn. Otherwise the eggs resemble 

 those in clutch 1. 



Sizes. 17-3 X 14-0 ; 18-0 x UUl mm. 



3. One egg : Jan. 1598. From same locality and col- 



lection. 

 Precisely similar to clutch I. 

 Size. l.Sx 14 nun. 



