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TKIONOPIDjE. 



Genus EUROCEPHALUS, Smith. 



Eurocephalus anguitimens, A. Smith. 



(Plate XII. fig. 5.). 



Eurocephalus anguitimens, Anderss. Birds Damara-land, p. 140 (1872) ; 

 Sharpe, ed. LayarcPs Birds S. Africa, p. 400 (1875-84) ; id. 

 Cat. /Unit B. M. iii. p. 279 (1877) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 21 



(1S09); Stark § Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds, ii. p. 13 (1901); 

 Sharpe, Hand -I. iv. p. 26G (1903). 



The eggs of the White-crowned Wood-Shrike are of a rather 

 narrow oval shape, and are devoid of gloss. They are of a pale 

 greenish-grey colour, spotted and blotched all over with greyish 

 brown, slate-colour, and lavender. Four examples measure re- 

 spectively : 1-12 by -77; 1-13 by -78 ; 1-08 by -79 ; 1-11 by -79. 



2. Otjinibinque, Damara-land (C. J. Crowley Bequest. 



Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 

 2. [S. Africa.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus C0LLYRI0CICHLA, Vig. $ Horsf. 



The eggs of the Shrike-Thrushes represented in the Collection 

 resemble each other so closely that they may all be described in the 

 same terms. They are oval in shape and moderately glossy. The 

 ground-colour is white or creain-coloured, occasionally tinged with 

 grey, blotched with olive-brown or umber-brown and dull lavender 

 or slate-colour. The markings are sometimes evenly distributed 

 over the whole shell, but more frequently they are dense over the 

 broad end, and sparse or nearly absent in the smaller half. The eggs 

 of the different species vary somewhat in size. 



Collyriocichla harmonica (Lath.). 



Colluricincla cinerea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vbg. tab. xxx. fig. 15, a, b 



(1845 54). 

 Colluricincla harmonica, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i . p. 220 I L865). 

 Collyriocincla harmonica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 290 (1877); 



North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Hints, p. 80, pi. viii. figs. 2-4 (1889); 



Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 21 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Fyys 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 88, pi. 6(1901). 

 Collyriocichla harmonica, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 269 (1903). 



The eggs of the Grey Shrike-Thrush measure from 1*02 to 1*2 in 

 length, and from *7S to -80 in breadth. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Queensland. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales (J. Gould: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll. ). 



2. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (E. P. Ramsay: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



3. Canterbury, X.S.W., 10th Sept. Crowlev Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



