APLONIS.—LAMPROCORAX, 491 
and there over the shell. The specimens measure respectively : 
1:35 by *91; 1-4 by -9. The measurements of an egg given by 
Nehrkorn are considerably less: 1°18 by °86. 
2. Samoa, Sept. - Rev. 8. J. Whitmee [C.]. 
Aplonis kittlitzi, /insch § Hartl. 
(Plate XVIII. fig. 12.) 
Aplonis kittlitzi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 136 (1890); Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vii. p. 6 (1900); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 528 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi., p. 851 (1910). 
Three eggs of Kittlitz’s Tree-Starling are indistinguishable from 
those of A. cuntoroides. They measure respectively: 1:21 by °82; 
1-2 by °82; and 1-1 by °82. 
1. Pelew Is., Carolines (7. Kubary: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. Ruki Is., Carolines, 26th May. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus LAMPROCORAX, Bonap. 
Lamprocorax metallica (Zemin. ). 
Caiornis metallica, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 477 (1865); Ramsay, 
P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 593; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 295; North, Nests s 
Eggs Birds, Austr. p. 190 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 
p- 188 (1890); Le Souéf, Ibis, 1898, p. 52; Nehrk. Kat. Eersammi. 
p. 122 (1899); Campbell, Nests § Eygs Austr. Birds, i. p. 475, 
pl. 16 (1901); North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. ii. p. 265 (1909). 
Laimprocorax metallica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 529 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
kversammi, p. 351 (1910). 
The eggs of the Shining Calornis are of a somewhat pointed oval 
shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. ‘They are of 
a pale greenish-blue colour, marked with spots and blotches of 
chestnut, lilac and purplish-grey. Some specimens are boldly 
blotched at the broad end only; others are spotted pretty evenly 
all over ; and others again are very feebly marked with only a few 
specks. Hxamples measure from 1 to 1:18 in length, and from *74 
to *8 in breadth. 
4, Trobriand I., D’Entrecasteaux Crowley Bequest. 
Archipelago, 5rd April (4. 8, 
Meek). 
1. New britain, Bismarck Archipelavo. Crowley Bequest. 
i. Mioko, Duke of York [., October Crowley Bequest. 
(2. L. C. Layard: Tristram 
Coll.). 
1. St. Aignan, Louisiade Archi- A.S. Meek, sq. [C.]. 
pelago. 
3. St. Aignan, A. S. Meek, Esq. [C. }. 
