HTLOTEKPE. — EOPSALTRIA. 299 



Genus HYLOTERPE, Cab. 



Hyloterpe philippinensis, Walden. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 18.) 



Pachvcephala philippinensis, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 221 



(1883). 

 Hyloterpe philippinensis, Grant 8f Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 241, pi. v. 



fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 313 (1903). 



The egg of the Yellow-bellied Thickhead in the Collection is of 

 an oval shape and rather glossy. It is of a pale creamy-buff colour, 

 becoming darker on the broad end of the egg, round which there is 

 a wide but very irregular zone, composed of dull chestnut and dark 

 bluish-grey spots. The remainder of the egg is unmarked. This 

 example measures *9 by - 68. 



1. Samar, Philippine Islands, June. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.l. 



Genus PACHYCEPHALOPSIS, Salvad. 



Pachycephalopsis poliosoma, Sharpe. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 20.) 



Pachycephalopsis poliosoma, Gould, Birds Neiv Guinea, iii. pi. 26 ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 314 (1903). 

 Pachycephala poliosoma, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 226 (1883). 



The egg of the Xew Guinea Grey Thickhead in the Collection is 

 of a regular oval shape and quite devoid of gloss. It is of a creamy- 

 buff colour, rather thickly spotted and mottled all over with pale 

 olive-brown and lavender ; and whereas the markings of the former 

 colour are pretty equally distributed over the entire shell, those of 

 the latter are more prominent at the broad end, where they become 

 confluent and form large patches. The egg measures 1'08 by '76. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Mr. E. Weiske [C.]. 



Genus EOPSALTRIA, Swains. 

 Eopsaltria australis (White). 



Eopsaltria australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 293 (1865); 

 Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N.S. W. 1865, p. 326, pi. i. figs. 7 & 8 ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 176 (1S83) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 108 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersanunl. p. 70 (189y) ; 

 Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 311, pi. 12 (1901) ; 

 Shaipe, Hand-l. iv. p. 315 (1903). 



The eggs of the Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin are generally of a 

 broad oval form, inclining to the elliptical or spheroidal, and they 

 are moderately glossy. They are greenish blue of various shades, 

 rather densely speckled and mottled with chestnut-brown and 

 underlying lavender-grey. The markings are frequently confluent 

 and indistinct, but on some specimens they are well defined. In 



