29S LANIIDJI. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Dawson River, Queensland, 17th Crowley Bequest. 



Met. {North Coll.). 



2. West Australia, 4th Oct. Gould Coll. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. New South Wales (E. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 

 3. New South Wales, Oct. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales (J. Gould • Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



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



Tristram Coll.). 



3. Liverpool. N.S.W., 21st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North ). 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



2. Victoria. Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A.Plrilbrick,Esq., K.C. [P.]. 



Pachycephala olivacea, Vvj. <$f Horsf. 



Pachvcephala olivacea, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 218 (1865) ; 

 Gadoio, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 212 (1883) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 68, pi. viii. fig. 11 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 71 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests fy Er/gs Austr. Birds, i. p. 326, pi. 12 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 309 (1903). 



Three eggs of the Olivaceous Thickhead in the Collection are of 

 an oval shape, inclining to the biconical, the broader end being 

 somewhat sharply pointed. They are slightly glossy and cream- 

 coloured, sparingly spotted and blotched with dark reddish brown 

 or umber-brown and lavender. The markings are disposed chiefly 

 on the broad half. They measure IT by *79 ; 1T3 by '77; T13 

 by '78 respectively. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Cull. 



2. Tasmania (E. I). Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



Pachycephala xanthoprocta, Gould. 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 13.) 



Pachvcephala xanthoprocta, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 211 (1 3 



North, Nests $ T<j<js Austr. Birds, p. 409(1889); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 7 1 1 1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 309 ^1903). 



The eggs of the Norfolk Island Thickhead in the Collection are 

 of a rather broad oval form and slightly glossy. They are of a 

 pale creamy-butf colour, thickly mottled and spotted over the 

 broader halt with umber-brown and lavender-grey. The smaller 

 half of the egg is comparatively free of markings. Two examples 

 measure respectively : 1 by "7 ; '95 by *7. 



2. Norfolk Island. Gould Coll. 



