268 PRioNoriDJs. 



Genus PINAROLESTES, Sharpe. 

 Pinarolestes parvulus (Gould). 



Colluricincla parvula, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 225 (1865). 

 Pinarolestes parvulus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds li. M. iii. p. 296 (1877) ; 



Campbell, Nests § Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 92 (1901); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 270 (1903). 

 Collyriocincla parvula, North, Nests ty Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 81 (1889). 



The eggs of the Little Grey Shrike-Thrush resemble those of 

 tho various species of Collyriocichla described above. They measure 

 from *93 to 1*03 in length, and from # 7 to # 77 in breadth. 



2. Cape York, North Australia (J. Mac- Gould Coll. 



gillivray). 



1. Cape York. Gould Coll. 



1. Port Essington {Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. Rockhampton Bay, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 



Pinarolestes gouldi, Gray. 



Pinarolestes rufigaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds 11. M. iii. p. 296, part. (1877). 

 Collyriocincla parvissima, North, Nests \ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 83, 



pi. viii. fig. 1 (1889). 

 Collyriocincla gouldi, G. R. Gray ; Robinson $ Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 627. 

 Pinarolestes parvissima, Campbell, Nests \ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p 94 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Lesser Rufous-bellied Shrike-Thrush are of a 

 regular oval form and moderately glossy. They are white, spotted 

 and blotched with olive-brown or reddish brown and slaty grey. 

 The markings are smaller and more numerous than in the eggs of 

 the species of Collyriocichla, to which they bear a general resemblance. 

 They measure from "85 to 1 in length, and from "7 to -Jo in 

 breadth. 



3. Somerset, Cape York, 27th Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 

 2. Somerset, 4th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [CI. 

 2. Somerset, 2nd Feb. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [O.J. 

 1. Herbert River, Queensland. S. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 



Pinarolestes rufiventris, Sharpe. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 8.) 



Pinarolestes rufigaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 296, part. (1877) j 

 Campbell, Nests \ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 93 (1901). 



Collyriocincla rufigaster, North, Nests fy Er/gs Austr. Birds, p. 83 

 (1889). 



Pinarolestes rufiventris, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 270 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous-breasted Shrike-Thru&h in the Collection 



