TROPIDORHYNCHUS. 5 
Tropidorhynchus argenticeps, Gould. 
(Plate III. fig. 15.) 
Tropidorhynchus argenticeps, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 548 
(1865) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 95 (1906). 
Philemon argenticeps, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 272 (1884); 
Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 434, 11. App. p. 1080 
(1901). 
Two eggs of the Silvery-crowned Friar-bird are of a somewhat 
pointed oval form and very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 
pale pinkish-white, rather sparingly marked all over with faint spots 
and small blotches of pale red and lilac-grey. In one example the 
markings are much stronger and form an indistinct zone round the 
larger end ; in the other they are nearly obsolete. The two eggs 
measure respectively 1:17 by °8 and 1-21 by °83. 
2. Queensland, 29th October. T. Carter, Esq. [C. ]. 
Tropidorhynchus buceroides (Swains.). 
Tropidorhynchus buceroides, Gowld, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 547 
(1865) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 98 (1906). 
Philemon buceroides, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 272 (1884); 
Nehrk, Kat. Eversanmi. p. 83 (1899); Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. 
Birds, i. p. 484, pl. 15 (1901). 
An egg believed to be that of the Helmeted Friar-bird is of a 
rather broad and somewhat pointed oval shape and distinctly glossy. 
The ground-colour is pale pinkish-brick-colour, spotted and blotched 
all over the shell with bright light-red and dull purplish-grey. It 
measures 1°35 by ‘91. 
This egg closely resembles the figure given by Campbell, op. cit. 
1. N. Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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Tropidorhynchus corniculatus (Zath.). 
Meliphaga corniculata, Zhien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xvi. fig. 13 
(1845-54). 
Tropidorhynchus corniculatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 545 
(1865) ; North, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 217 (1889) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. y. p. 95 (1906), 
Philemon corniculatus, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 271 (1884); 
Nehrk, Kat. Eiersammil. p. 85 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. 
Birds, i. p. 482, pl. 15 (1901). 
Some of the eggs of the Friar-bird resemble those of Acanthochera 
carunculata and are very distinctly marked. Others are spotted and 
mottled with very pale rufous and grey. They measure from 1:18 
to 1:4 in length, and from °87 to -95 in breadth. 
2. Queensland. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
3. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 
5th Novy. (North Coll.). 
1. New South Wales ( W/son). Gould Coll. 
