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MUSCICAriDiE. 



Family MUSCICAPID^. 



Genus HEMICHELIDON, Hoiljs. 



Hemiclielidon sibirica {Gra.). 



Biitalis sihirica, Tacz. J.f. O. 1872, p. 440, taf. i. fig. 15. 



riemicliL'lidon sibirica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 120 (1879); Gates 

 ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eygs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 1 (1890) ; Tacz. Faiine 

 Orn. Sibcr. Orient, p. 475 (1891) ; Nehrh. Kut. Eiersuminl. p. 23 

 (1899); Sharj^e, Hand-l. iii. p. 204 (1901). 



The eggs of the Sooty Flycatcher in the Collection arc of a pointed 

 oval form, and exhibit a slight amount of gloss. They ai-e of a very 

 pale green colour, densely mottled with extremely pale reddish 

 brown. They measure respectively : '71 by "O ; "7 by '5. 



2. Lake liiiikal, Siberia {Dyhncski : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Cull.). 



Genus MICRGECA, Gould. 



Micrceca fascinans {Lath.). 



Micrwca foscinans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 258 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 123 (1-^79); North, Nests S,- Eiji/s Austr. 

 Birds, p. 95 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 24 (1899) ;" Campbell, 

 Nests ^- E(/(js Austr. Birds, i. p. 105, pi. 7 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 205(1901). 



Micrceca macroptera, Ramsay, Trans. Phil. Soc. N.S. TV. 1805, p. 328, 

 pi. i. figs. 9, 10. 



The eggs of the Australian Brown Flycatcher are of a blunt oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are of a pale bluish-green colour, 

 marked with specks and blotches of chestnut-brown and underlying 

 lavender-grey. The markings are most numerous on the broader 

 half, where they are often confluent and form an irregular zone. 

 Specimens measure from "OS to -70 in length, aud from •52 to "55 

 in breadth. 



2. Dawson Iliver, Queensland, 3rd Sept. Crowley Bequest. 

 (North Coll.). 



2. Queensland {Owen). Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales ( W7/sow). Gould Coll. 



4. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Oct. {E. P. Crowley Bequest. 

 liamsai/ : Tristram Coll.). 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia {G. F. Afujas). Gould Coll. 



2. "Wiinmera District, Victoria, 16tli Crowley Bequest. 



Nov. (A.J. N'orih). 

 2. Mallee, ^'ictoria, lOtb Oct. ^^^ Radcliire Saunders, Esq. 



