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oval shape and slightly glossy. It is of a uniform rich cream- 
colour, and measures 1°65 by 1. 
1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 
fEluredus melanocephalus (Ramsay). 
Hlureedus melanocephalus, Gould, Birds New Guinea, 1. pl. 42 (1888) ; 
Sharpe, Monogr. Paradis. § Ptilon. ii. p.91 (1897) ; ¢d., Hand-l. v. 
p. 588 (1909). 
An egg said to be that of the Black-naped Cat-Bird is of a 
pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. It is of a uniform rich 
cream-colour, and measures 1°8 by 1°22. 
1. §S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C. ]. 
Family CORVID. 
Genus TRYPANOCORAX, Sundev. 
Trypanocorax frugilegus (Linn.). 
Corvus frugilegus, Vhien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xl. fig. 2, a-e 
(1845-54); Baedeker, Fier Eur. Vog. tab. 28. fig. 5 (1855-63) ; 
Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 226, pl. lix. (1856) ; Dresser, 
Birds Eur. iv. p. 551 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 549, pl. 16 
(1883); ¢d., Eygs of Brit. Birds, p. 225, pl. 55. fig. 11 (1896); 
Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 504 (1902); Dresser, Man. 
Pal. Birds, i. p. 426 (1902) ; Rey, Ever Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 361, 
pl. 49. figs. 1-7 (1904); Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 11, pl. 4. 
ties. 1-7 (1906); Dresser, Eggs Buds Europe, pts. xiii. & xiv. 
p. 439, and pts. x1. & xii. pl. 6. figs. 7-12 (1508). 
Trypanocorax frugilegus, Loche, Expl. Sci. Algér., Ovs. i. p. 118 (1867) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 9 (1877); td., Hand-l. v. p. 589 
(1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 357 (1910). 
Corvus frugilegus frugilegus, Hurtert, Veg. pal. Faun. i. p. 13 (1903). 
Eggs of the Common Rook so closely resemble the eggs of the 
Raven (Corvus coraa) described below, that they require no separate 
description. They measure from 1-44 to 1:78 in length, and from 
1-08 to 1-2 in breadth. 
4, Dumfries, Scotland (Hargitt Seebohm Coll, 
Coll.). 
16. Sheffield, Yorkshire, 50th March Seebohm Coll. 
(H. Seebohm), 
14. Middlesex. Seebohm Coll. 
4, Wenten Hill, Middlesex, 17th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
April (HZ. Booth). Fe 
2. Finchley, Middlesex. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
5. Tilford, Farnham, Surrey Crowley Bequest. 
(Copper). 
5. Tilford (Copper). Crowley Bequest. 
