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such advantage as those of S. leucura. They measure from '84 to 

 •95 in length, and from *62 to '66 in breadth. 



1. Jericho, 12th April (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram). 



2. Jericho, 15th April (J. H. Coch- Crowley Bequest. 



rane : Tristram Coll.). 

 4. Jericho, 22nd April [H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CAMPICOLA, Swains. 



Campicola pileata (Gm.). 

 (Plate VII. fig. 10.) 



Saxicola pileata, Sharpe, erf. Layarrf's Birds S. Africa, p. 238 (1875-84) ; 



Seebokm, Cat. Birds B.M.v. p. 397 (1881) ; Nehrk.Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 41 (1899); Stark 8f Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 196 



(1901). 

 Campicola pileata, Shaipe, Hand-l. iv. p. 180 (1903). 



Eggs of the Black-hooded Chat are of a pale greenish-white 

 colour, without markings of any sort. They are large compared 

 with the size of the bird, of a broad oval form, pointed at the small 

 end, and rather glossy. Size from - 87 to *98 in length by from -67 

 to *73 in breadth. These measurements are considerably less 

 than those given by Layard and by Stark (l. c), viz. 1*00 by -75 ; 

 but the Museum series contains one or two unusually small 

 specimens. 



2. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Cape Colony ( T. Atmore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Namaqualand. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CATHARUS, Bonap. 



Catharus melpomene (Cab.). 



Catharus melpomene, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 362 ; Scl, $ Salv. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 29; Salv. Sf Godman, Biol. Centr.-Atner., Aves, i. p. 2 (1879) ; 

 Seebokm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 288 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 39 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 180 (1903). 



Eggs of the Common Central-American Thrush-Robin vary in 

 shape from a short to a long oval, and in colour from greenish-grey 

 to bluish-green, and are marked with specks, clouds, and very 

 small blotches of pale rufous and underlying lilac and purple. In 

 some cases the markings are somewhat evenly and thickly distri- 

 buted, concealing much of the ground-colour, especially towards the 

 broad end ; in others the blotches are larger and fewer in number. 



