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of the shell, or very finely marked all over the shell with brown 

 and underlying grey dots. They measure 'lb to "78 by "57 to 

 •58 iuch.- 



1. Australia (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Yarra River, Victoria, 24th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



Sericornis magnirostris (Gould). 



Sericornis magnirostris, Gould, Handb. Hi nit An sir. i. p. 362 (1865); 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds />. M. vii. p. :)0~> (1883); North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds,?. 132(1889); Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 57 (]sW) : 

 Campbell, Nests ,\- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 247, pi. 10 (1901); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 221 (1903). 



The eggs of the Large-billed Scrub-Warbler in the Collection are 

 of a very regular oval form and moderately glossy. The ground- 

 colour varies from white to pale brownish pink. In two specimens, 

 the markings are confined almost entirely to the broad end, where 

 they form a zone of confluent purplish-brown spots, intermingled 

 with a few black spots and short lines. A third specimen is simi- 

 larly marked at the broad end, but is also covered with some cob- 

 web-like smears and lines which run over the whole surface of the 

 shell. Three specimens measure respectively : •"<> by "59 ; 'TO bv 

 ■6 ; -79 by -59. 



3. New South Wales, 28th Oct. Gould Coll. 



( Wilson). 



Sericornis humilis, Gould. 



(Plate X. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Sericornis humilis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 356 ( 1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. vii. p. 310 (1883); North, Nests &• Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 130 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 57 (1899); Camp- 

 bell, Nests *Y Eggs Austr. Hints, i. p. 251 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 ]». 222 (11)03). 



The eggs of the Brown Scrub-Warbler in the Collection are of an 

 oval shape, hut somewhat pointed at the broad end, and they 

 possess a small amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from 

 pinkish white to pale brownish pink, and is marked with specks, 

 lines, and streaks of purplish brown. In one specimen the markings 

 form a dense confluent cap at the broad end ; in two others the cap 

 is verv faintly indicated. Three examples measure respectively : 

 •9 by "-02; -91 by -08 ; -93 by -08. 



3. Tasmania (C. Gout, I). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (7?. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



