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DICRURIDD. 43: 
Sphecotheres flaviventris, Gould. 
(Pilate XIX. figs. 15 & 16.) 
Sphecotheres flaviventris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 468 (1865) ; 
Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. iii. p. 225 (1877); Le Souéf, Vict. Nat. 
xvi. p. 62 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 19 (1899) ; Robinson 
§ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 626; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr: 
Birds, i. p. 84, pl. 6 (1901); North, Nests § Eygs Birds Austr. i, 
p. 83 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 555 (1909); Nehrik. Kat. Ever- 
sammil. p. 853 (1910). 
The eggs of the Yellow-bellied Fig-bird are of a somewhat pointed 
oval form and have a small amount of gloss. The ground is pale 
greyish-green, or warm pinkish-grey tinged with green, marked 
with specks, spots and small blotches of chestnut, orange-brown, 
and underlying pale purplish-red. The markings are thickly 
disposed over the broad end of the shell, where they form an 
irregular zone, and sparingly elsewhere, but one example in the 
series has the markings very evenly distributed over the whole 
surface of the shell. They measure from 1°17 to 1°32 in length, 
and from *87 to °9 in breadth. 
2. N. Australia, 20th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Somerset, N. Australia. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 
2. Somerset, 31st Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. i C.]. 
2. Somerset, Ist Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 
1. Woomangu, North Queensland, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Ath Dec. ezal 
1. Woomangu, 14th Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
EP: 
2. Woomangu, 21st Dee. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Es. 
RRs: 
1. Woomangu, 28th Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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Family DICRURID. 
Genus DICRURUS, Vell. 
Dicrurus annectens (//odgs.). 
(Plate XX. figs. 1-3.) 
Dicruras annectens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. iii. p. 231 (1877); Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 312 (1889); Baker, Ibis, 1906, p. 257 ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 556 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 354 
(1910). 
Eggs of the Crow-billed Drongo are of a broad oval shape, some- 
what pointed towards the smaller end and slightly glossy. The 
eggs are of two types: in one the ground is white with spots and 
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