508 CORVID 4&.—STREPERID A. 
Two eggs of the Dwarf Ground-Chough are of a rather long and 
somewhat pointed oval shape, slightly glossy and pure white. They 
measure ‘91 by *62 and ‘88 by ‘62. 
2. Koko-nor, Eastern Tibet (Roth- Crowley Bequest. 
schild Coll.). 
Family STREPERID. 
Genus STREPERA, Lesson. 
Strepera graculina ( White). 
(Plate XXII. fig. 9.) 
Strepera graculina, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 168 (1865); Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 57 (1877); North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. 
p- 55 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, 1. p. 58 (1901) ; 
North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 8 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 629 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eersammil. p. 864 (1910). 
Two eggs of the Pied Crow-Shrike are of a broad oval form, 
and slightly pointed towards the smaller end. The ground is dull 
greyish-pink, rather sparingly spotted with umber-brown and 
lilac-grey of several shades. In one egg the markings are more 
numerous round the larger end and form an ill-defined wreath. 
They measure respectively: 1:69 by 1:21 and 1°65 by 1°22. 
2. Liverpool, New South Wales, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 
(A. J. North). 
Strepera arguta, Gould. 
Strepera arguta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. 1. p. 171 (1865) ; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 59 (1877); North, Nests § Lygs Birds 
Austr. p. 57 (1889); Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 59 
(1901); North, Nests § Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 10, pl. Bi. fig. 9 
(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 629 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p. 364 (1910). 
Four eggs believed to be those of the Hill Crow-Shrike are much 
like eggs of S. graculina in having the ground-colour greyish-pink, 
but the markings are in the form of scattered rounded chocolate- 
coloured spots, with blurred edges and minute dots of the same 
colour ; there is also an indistinct tracery of pale chocolate-pink 
smears and lines, more apparent in some of the eggs than in others. 
They measure respectively : 1°68 by 1:15; 1:62 by 1°17; 1:59 by 
1:14; and 1°56 by 1:14. 
A fifth egg is much smaller, and has the ground-colour greyish- 
pink, with spots and small blotches of burnt-sienna and bluish- 
grey, most of the markings being rather faint. It measures 1°49 
by 1:06. 
5. {Tasmania. | Crowley Bequest. 

