ETJPETES. — DRYMACEDUS. 



Eupetes incertus, Salvad. 



Eupetes incertus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 341 (1883) ; id. Hand-l. 

 iv. p. 13 (1903). 



An egg of Salvadori's Eupetes in the Collection is white, with a 

 few underlying markings of pale lavender at the larger end, the 

 whole surface being sparingly dotted with dark madder-brown, 

 larger spots of which colour occur somewhat more thickly towards 

 the larger end. It is of a regular oval form, and measures 1*13 by 

 •82 inch. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [0.]. 



Eupetes loriae, Salvad. 

 (Plate III. fig. 11.) 

 Eupetes lorite, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 3 (1903). 



The only egg of the Black-throated Eupetes in the Collection is of 

 a regular oval form, with a very slight amount of gloss. The 

 ground-colour is a warm pinkish brown ; it is sparingly marked, 

 at the larger end chiefly, with longitudinal blotches of purple-grey, 

 the surface-markings being rich brown, mostly collected together at 

 the larger end in the form of an interrupted ring or zone of blotches 

 and spots. It measures 1*28 by *95 inch. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



Genus DRYMACEDUS, Gould. 



Drymaoedus superciliaris, Gould. 

 (Plate III. fig. 16.) 



Drymodes superciliaris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 291 (I860) ; 



North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 107 (1889). 

 Drymaoedus superciliaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 344 (1883) ; 



Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 262 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 4 (1903). 



The eggs of the Eastern Scrub-Robin are of a broad, blunt oval 

 shape, and they have a small amount of gloss. The ground is of a 

 dull white colour; in one egg this is very thickly speckled and 

 spotted with brown and pale purple ; in a second egg the ground is 

 spotted and blotched with brown and pale purple, and far more of 

 the ground is visible than in the first egg. Two eggs measure 

 respectively: -98 by -68; 1-02 by -7. 



2. Cape York, Australia, 17th Nov. Gould Coll. 



(J. Macgillivray). 



B 2 



