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Genus CHLAMYDODERA, Gould. 
Chlamydodera maculata, Gould. 
Chlamydodera maculata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 450 (1865) ; 
Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 605; id., Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S. W. vii. 
p- 409, pl. 3. fig. 2 (1882); 2d., op. cit. 2nd ser. 1. p. 1059, pl. 19. 
tie, 1 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 389 (1881); North, 
Proc, Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 2nd ser. i. p. 1157 (1886) ; zd., Nests § 
Eggs Birds Austr. p. 178, pl. xi. fig. 5 (1889); Sharpe, Monogr. 
Paradis. § Ptilon. ii. p. 71 (1898) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. 
Birds, i. p. 198, pl. 9 (1901); North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. 1. 
p- 41 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 586 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Ever- 
samml, p. 857 (1910). 
The eggs of the Spotted Bower-Bird are of a somewhat pointed 
oval shape and moderately glossy. ‘They are of a very pale green 
colour, covered, but most densely about the middle portion of the 
ege, with blotches and an intricate entanglement of lines, both 
coarse and fine, of an umber-brown, sienna, and blackish-brown 
colour. In addition, there are numerous underlying lavender 
blotches. Three examples measure respectively: 1:45 by 1:05; 
1:39 by 1; and 1°35 by -98. 
1. Australia. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Moravia Comeli River (a tributary Gould Coll. 
to the Dawson River), Queens- 
land (J. A. Hoot). 
Chlamydedera nuchalis (Jard. §° Seiby). 
Chlamydodera nuchalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 448 (1865) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 391 (1881); Le Souéf, Vict. Nat. 
xvi. p. 66 (1899) ; zd., Ibis, 1899, p. 359; Sharpe, Monogr. Pardis. 
& Ptilon. ii. p. 79 (1898) ; 7d., Hand-l. v. p. 586 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 
Iversamml. p. 357 (1910). 
Chlamydera nuchalis, Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 203 
(1901). 
Chlamydera nuchalis nuchalis, Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 486 pl. x. 
fies. 15, 16 (1910). 
An egg of the Great Bower-Bird is of a narrow oval shape and 
moderately glossy. It is of a pale buff colour, profusely covered 
with blotches, clouds, and linear markings of umber-brown and 
underlying purplish-grey. It measures 1°7 by 1-16. 
1. Port Essington, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 
Genus HLUREDUS, Cabanis. 
AAluredus stonei, Sharpe. 
Elurcedus stonei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. vi. p. 387 (1881); Gould, 
Birds New Guinea, i. pl. 87 (1881); Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis. §- 
Ptilon. ii. p. 101 (1893) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 587 (1909). 
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